Monday, December 22, 2008

T'was The Week Before Christmas....!

Ah, Christmas is coming! And although the weather man keeps predicting "gobs" of snow in the valley, it has only been falling in the mountains. So, unless you live in Portland, and you want a white Christmas, you might have to go to the cabin, where there is two feet of snow this week, and more on its way.

Terry and I took Lucy up to run around in the snow this past Saturday, had our lunch at the cabin and enjoyed the winter wonderland of Rambler's Roost.

Merry Christmas everyone! Mel and Terry

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Muzzleloader Elk Season

Lewis, Brad, CJ and I spent nine days and eight nights at the cabin in November for muzzleloader elk season. Through 24 hunter days we saw ten elk. Lewis shot a beautiful 5x5 on the third day at 24 yards. He and Brad had everything packed out by the time CJ and I arrived to check on them. Dang! We finally had some rain on the sixth day that turned to snow at higher elevations, which gave us some nice tracking snow for the final day. Only problem was with a bright moon the elk were out while we were sleeping and the tracks were old by the time we got on them. CJ and I jumped a few elk first thing Friday morning but never saw hide nor hair.

So we had 25% success for our camp which is better than most. We'll try again next year.