garnet ghost town

bob has been working on bear creek in potomac, montana removing a culvert and installing a new bridge.  we tagged along and spent an adventurous day at garnet ghost town.

bitterroot valley, montana

bend, oregon!

we said good-bye to a great summer by squeezing every last drop of fun.  mistie and simon joined us for a road trip to bend to visit a whitefish friend who has moved there and started her family.  it was awesome!  this is us in an old lava field just 5 minutes from their house.

 jo and lo are showing you where we are going next... top of the volcano!!

 here's our posse on the rim of the volcano.

very impressive crew...

looking down into the crater...  the lava flow actually rerouted the deschutes river in the distance.

 american gothic??  pickin' corn for dinner.

 the deschutes river runs through the middle of bend.   awesome parks, beaches and shuttles for floating, run all through town.

 mt bachelor... we want to ski you SOON!

 south sister... we want to climb you soon!  spent the day at elk lake coming up with a plan...

 there is a short window at the end of the summer when you can climb the south sister without crampons and extra gear.  the standard route runs along the ridge from the right and can be seen summiting right to left above the highest snowfield.  we are ON for climbing it next september with the 3 husbands.  we are going to put up my folks in a nice place, nice dinners, and they can watch the little ones during our adventure.  
you can still get 'r done after kids!
we mountain mamas love to GRD.