Log/Pic 50 Motorcycle

So I was going to wait until next year to get a motorcycle, but I made the mistake of, 'just checkin em out' ahead of time. Uncharacteristic of me, I bought a Triumph.

It's a 1998 Thunderbird

Log/Pic 49 Explorations

So I got a job! It's at a small charter school in Winchester, CT called Explorations. This is my classroom. Below are some staff and some students on some of our adventure education trips in which we hike, climb, cave and canoe, etc.

Here are some staff and students on one of our adventure education trips in which we hike, climb, ride horses, ski, cave and canoe.

Log/Pic 48 Lisa

So this is Lisa.

Lisa's house

Lisa visited me in Oregon

Crater Lake

Along the Oregon coast

Lisa on my new Triumph

Lisa and Morgan

Lisa loves horses too

Here we are at Timberline Lodge on Mt. Hood

This is what I have been doing in July!

Log/Pic 47 Horses

Riding in Connecticut

Horses in Minnesota

Montana

Wyoming

Idaho

Feeding in Oregon

North Dakota

Washington

Vermont

Canada


Kevin Costner's horse in "Dancing With Wolves" South Dakota

The next two are riding in Sierra Negra, Isabella Island, Galopogos, Ecuador.

The next two are Easter Island, Chile.

The last two are the southern tip of Argentina.

Log/Pic 46 Montana/Wash/Oregon/Idaho/Wyoming

So the long trip across Montana was great. Lots of horses and farms and wide-open spaces. After visiting a few Indian reservations I hit Glacier national. Only five miles of scenic road from the eat side, and about 12 from the west. I was not even able to make it the whole 12 because of snow. My truck/hotel doesn't do very well in snow, but it was fun seeing what I did. Very nice!


I Next I visited Punda in Washington. We checked out Seattle and biked all over Banbridge Island. Then I explored Olympic State Park, went to the farthest Northwestern point, and made my way down the west coast. I went to Mt. Rainer and Mt. St. Helens (shown above).



In Oregon's coast, lighthouses were the theme. As well as some national and state parks.



The seal/sea lion below was one of many. We also went to the largest sea cave in the world where we saw dozens.

My favorite spot-Crater Lake. The worlds cleanest lake!

The Cove Palisades State Park and the Chinook Lake. Great hiking, camping, waterfalls and caves.

Mt. Hood-Oregon's highest mountain. Slept in the parking lot of the historic Timberline Lodge 6000 feet up. They were filming a movie there with Dennis Hopper when I arrived.

Idaho's Craters of the Moon. Volcanic caves and mountains.

After stopping at Jackson Hole, I entered
Grand Tetons National Park. Cool hikes and scenery...

...and a momma grizzly and three young cubs!

(bear photo on website)


Next was Yellowstone's "Old Faithful,"

and Mammoth Hot Springs.

I watched several coyotes hunt, feed and pounce.

sorry-coyote pic on website only

The bison were abundant.

I saw two black bear at Yellowstone. One was sleeping and the other appeared to be eating grubs, bark and some grass.

The last thing I saw before I left the park, besides a million dear, were bighorn sheep.

The last thing I saw on my trip was Devils Tower. After passing the geographical center of the U.S. and a quick breakfast in Fargo, N.D., it was just one long, boring drive home.