On the Road

In a land full of beautiful images, this is perhaps my favorite picture. We stopped off the road at a totally desolate place between Bend and Hood River. This is truly high desert, with very few trees and scrubby gray sage bushes. But the sky is incredible and the silence is broken only by birds singing -- the birds sounded like they came off one of those nature cds, too good to be real. I'm planning on getting this picture printed large scale; it's the only way to really appreciate it.


Mount Jackson was the next mountain we saw in the Cascade Volcanic Arc. It is between Mount Jefferson and Mount Hood.

This is a shot I took at a rest stop on the way into Bend. I'm really missing my cats, in particular my red tabby Sage, so somewhere between Austin and Mesa I bought a 'fake Sage' at a rest stop. It's one of those stuffed animals that breathes and purrs. This is Steve with Fake Sage:

And here's a closeup of Fake Sage:

She rides in container we keep right behind the front seats, next to the sunglasses, bottles of water and computer power supply. Good for a laugh, but no substitute for my real furry friends!