Happy Thanksgiving!

 Happy Thanksgiving to my US based stuffies. I hope you are enjoying some turkey, dressing, and pumpkin pie for dessert.  My roommates are in the kitchen working on my dinner and as I was digging around the kitchen looking for snacks I found some unopened mail.  

The first card is from Sandy and Company up North.  Happy Thursday to my Canadian pal.  Sounds like Rose is going into High School at Grade 8.  In Oregon, high school starts at Grade 9. 

Sandy's garden is going crazy.  Parsnips galore.  A few weeks ago the humans made baked apples, sausage, and parsnips.  A beary tasty dish from Jamie Oliver.

 

Looks like Sandy wrote a little more on the back.  Sandy has been doing some hiking and some exploring but is missing traveling and adventures.  They have been hunting for mushrooms and are having a hard time getting people to takethe chanterelles.  Send them down my way, we'll take them!!!

Speaking of mail.  Droopy and company sent an awesome homemade card.  Droopyscard.com needs to be registered online.  Droopy could sell these cards for sure.

Droopy was wondering if our town is allowing trick or treating.....well it's complicated.  The weather was really nice on Halloween and there were lots of people who put out bowls of candy on the driveway for kids to pick some up.  

The pandemic hasn't slowed down Ajdin.  He recently took a sightseeing trip to Washington DC. He sent this awesome postcard from Washington DC with all the cherry trees in bloom.  

Ajdin had a great question about my facemask.  Our governor has a mask mandate so I am a good Little Fox and wear my mask whenever I go out and about. 

Do you recognize this drawing?

 As you might remember I entered their Halloween Costume Contest and also their Halloween Treat Contest.  The Starbucks card is very appreciated and I am going to take them up on their suggestion to get some hot chocolate with the gift card. 

Thanks J and B.

Thanks everyone for the great cards.  Sorry about the delay in posting.  I think I am going for the new stuffy record of posting late mail.  Ajdin still holds the record for the most belated postcard sending with his Utah Trip.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone

An adventure suggested by a famous person.

Hello,
Little Fox here. I have been lucky this fall to get outside on some sunny days. At the cabin I rented I came across a very secretive person.  Blog world....meet Bigfoot.

Bigfoot is a really friendly stuffy.  He lives at this cabin in Washington and welcomes stuffy visitors.  Bigfoot and I are checking out the map to find a good hike.  Because of Covid I want to find a hike that is away from lots of people and I figure Bigfoot would know where to find a secluded hike.

Bigfoot directed me to Cottonwood Canyon State Park.  It's in the center of the state and the closest town is miles away.

We are driving through windmill country.  These windmills are huge and produce some power.  They are very eco friendly but there have been controversies with birds and bats getting confused near the windmills.

Cottonwood Canyon State Park.  Cottonwood Canyon was a former ranch, do you see their brand?  

In 2007 the Western Rivers Collective bought the ranch from the original homesteaders (an Irish family who ranched here for 100+ years) and then sold it to the state in 2010.

This is the original barn.  

Down below they have restored the old ranch fence and included lots of the old ranch brands from the area.

Anyone have any idea of what this machine is used for?

An old fenced area to load the cattle up.  

Time to explore the ranch. Lots of sagebrush out here.

The trail follows an old ranch road along the John Day River.

So much land to explore.

 Sequoia is way ahead of this fox, I need to catch up.

Made it back to the ranch.  A short 15 mile drive to the nearest town.  Sent the roommate to a little store to get a treat.  

They came out with an A+ treat (I love evaluation season).

Cherry Orchard Adventure

 Hiya Gang,

Little Fox here.  No, I am not at a National Grassland although that is on this fox's bucket list.

I am hanging out near the Columbia River.  It's a nice fall day and I decided on a little adventure. 

Ah, there is the Columbia.  Except for some wind the weather is beary nice.

The leaves are changing colors.  Mainly oak trees and there are a lots of acorn looking items on the ground. I assume they are acorns.

This is a nice hike.  Open areas.  Tree lined areas.  Cool rock cliffs.

Getting closer to my lunch spot. 

A detour through the woods. 

Can you see it?  Mt. Adams in the background. 

Okay, time to find a nice viewpoint for lunch. 

This will do.  Time to head back down the hill.

Now all I have to do is convince my roommates to buy me a sugar cookie as a treat.

A fall adventure

 Greetings Stuffy Pals.

Little Fox here. I am enjoying a nice fall day.  I'm at the Coyote Wall and Catherine Creek area of Washington. So many hiking choices for this little fox to make. 

This rock looks like a good rest.  It's a nice fall day.  This little fox is enjoying the sun.

A secret cave for me to explore.  

The wildflowers are gone but the wild grasses are very soothing to this fox. 

So much for this fox to explore.  Onward.

This looks like a good place to stop and have lunch.  Turkey sandwich and cheese for this little fox.  Dog chow (and some cheese) for Sequoia. 

Finally some fall foliage.  I don't have my botanist hat with me but I am guessing these are Oregon White Oak.  

The Oregon White Oak is also known as the Garry Oak in Canada.  Apparently, the Garry Oak is found on Vancouver Island. I wonder if Sandy has seen any of those oaks in his neighborhood. 

This fox had a small adventure because I was busy at home working on my Halloween Costume for Jerry and Ben's contest.