My Everyday Photos

Sky and I went to Loon Lake, WA last week for a NADAC agility trial. We met several friends there and had a terrific time. Out of fifteen runs, we had three qualifiers and three runs with only one error. For us, that’s a very good showing. We know our weak spots and what we need to work on before the next event.

Along the way in both directions, I stopped as often as possible to explore the landscapes. It is really a beautiful part of the state and with fall colors, even more so. We crossed the Loup (Loup Loup Pass), went down the lower Okanogan and across the Columbia, up to Grand Coulee and then south to Wilbur at highway 2. From there we went north at Reardan to Springdale and over to Loon Lake. There’s a lot of little towns in Washington and the highways don’t often go directly from one community to the next. This sounds like a complicated route but really, it’s the quickest way. On the way home, we went from Springdale to Fruitland and then down to Creston, making for a longer trip with an overnight stop but it was worth it to meet new friends and see the mountains between Springdale and the Columbia and various wildlife too. I saw lots of white-tailed deer and wild turkeys and a coyote and a porcupine. I also got to see some of the Carpenter Canyon wildfire that burned this summer.

On the way to Loon Lake

Heading down our road I realize I’m going to need new wiper blades in addition to a latte before I get out of town.

Up the Twisp River to drop Luna off with her friends Quincy and Frida til Ken can pick her up that evening.

Also along the Twisp River. Evidence of the fire that burned this summer. Retardant makes the trees even more colorful than usual.

We stopped to walk on the x country ski trails at the Loup.

The trails are carpeted with larch needles.

Larch needles on a rock.

Ponderosa pine cone and larch needles

Wolf lichen on a pine tree.

Oh look, Sky found a stick.

I think these are kinnikinnick berries.

Some larch needles remain on a small tree

Lichen at the end of a cut tree

More lichen

This is sort of like one of those silly Halloween images

Waiting for a treat

Is this a stick or a log?

Pine drops

Beautiful western larch treees

I love these sculpted by wind sand hills

Winter wheat in Lincoln County

Long straight road to Wilbur

Maple tree clothed in yellow

Mountain ash berries

Tiny mushrooms

A hydro power plant on the Spokane River

What do you mean we have to get back in the car? I’m just starting to have fun.

Two videos from the agility trial

On the way home

Bufflehead ducks

Canada Geese