Wow, it has been too long since the last posting! So much has happened at the cabin since last spring and our floor improvement project. A long summer (2009) of cabin trips and fall hunting trips have since been stored in our personal memory banks.
Hunting season was not the best but certainly there was some success. Jerad and Aiden brought in the biggest buck. Ernie, Ernest and CJ also got their bucks. Anyone else? Lewis and I archery hunted for both deer and elk and have tags to use for wallpaper. Lewis saw some elk in eastern Oregon but I was skunked in western Oregon. Late deer season provided quite a number of deer observations, mostly at great distance, although I passed on a forked horn at 28 yards, hoping for one of those big rutting bucks. They were the ones at great distance!
Snow has been scarce at the cabin this winter. It comes and goes but never seems to build into any amount of sustainable base. We were able to drive in for Claire Jean Clark's first birthday celebration in January; actually I don't think there has been a time this winter that you couldn't drive into the cabin!
This spring's project is to cut some firewood to replenish our stack of combustible fiber to thermally enhance the interior environment of "ye olde shack" for the next couple of years. Our projected date for this project is April 16, 17, and 18 (Fri-Sun) pending approval of our Forest Service wood-cutting permit. If you are available and so inclined, come on up and join in the fun and labor of bringing in the wood. Ernest and Jerad will be our fallers and buckers. We'll need help in rolling the buttons to the splitter, splitting and loading into trucks and trailers, and off-loading back at the cabin. You can come up for the whole weekend or make it a day trip if you would like. Bring your own food and beverage. I don't really think that we could ever have too much help for a project like this.
If any of you have photos you would like to appear in the blog please email them to ramblersroost@hotmail.com and I will try to get them posted. Also, any personal stories regarding your trips to the cabin that you would want to share, please email those too.
