Bend Adventure for a fox and mice

Hiya Gang, 
Little Fox and gang deciding to explore Bend a charming city known for its hiking  and large number of breweries per capita.

First hike of the trip is to the Oregon Badlands with the hope of finding petroglyphs (they are here but we had no luck).  Along the way the wildflowers were out on our way to Badlands Rock.

 

A few early desert wildflowers - Larkspur, Wallflowers and some sort of desert parsley

Made it to the top of Badlands Rock.  Do you see the Cascade Range mountains in the background?

Onward, LF heard that this area used to be an old homestead and there is apparently proof of the homestead.

It's important for LF's grade in Archeology 304 that he finds the homestead since he could not find the petroglyphs.  

This looks like an old cistern.  Yep LF's portable carbon dating kit dates the rockwork to about the 1860s).    

Time to go celebrate at Spider City Brewing.  Today was a fundraiser for a Great Pyrenees Rescue and Navy was very intrigued by the animals (hint hoomans in Canada Navy wants one).  Cocoa and I had a beer or two or threee.