We woke early to watch the sunrise lighting the Sawtooth Mountains, and now I’m standing outside the lodge using their wifi and waiting for their 8am opening for some coffee to offset the 32F air out here. Meanwhile, here’s what I put together last night after discovering they have wireless.
We scored a cool teepee at the lodge across the little highway from the grass air strip. Their wifi means if we have any time off from hiking, flying, driving and all things camping… I’ll be able to sort and share some pix. This is such a great place for my first “soft field” landing!
0612 First Grass
Our dear Julie snapped this as we landed, and it was so wonderful to spot her standing there waiting for our arrival!
We flew near Crater Lake on the way here from Ashland,
3761 Crater Lake
passed the Three Sisters peaks approaching Bend,
3807 Three Sisters
saw miles of vicious rapids even closer to Bend,
3823 Kayak Challenge
(lots of kayaks, but we didn’t see any actually in the white water), and flew past Stanley along the Sawtooth Mountains that were clearly well-named.
3889 Sawtooth Sliver
The range is of course many miles long and this pic is just a small slice near Stanley, but it gives you an idea of how jagged the peaks are. The many alpine lakes are stunning, but smoke from fires near Boise added to the natural haze backlit by the lowering sun so I’ll just have to fly them again to try for some better pix. 🙂
John & Anne Wiley 
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