RedRum

Anyone ever see the movie "The Shining"?  If so, Redrum makes sense. 

Here I am at Timberline Lodge on Mt. Hood.  Such a beautiful day for October so it's time to do some exploring.  

The mountain is out today. Us Oregonian's refer to Mt. Hood as the Mountain.  We do have many mountains in our state but Hood is the largest and most well known.

Time to start my hike.  Looks like I have two choices.

1) Mexico: 2,108 miles.  Long way, great weather.

2) Canada: 550 miles.  Shorter, cheaper prescription drugs, and Little Fox.

Tough call.

Hmm, I think I will go to Zig Zag Canyon which is 3.5 miles.  It 

Made it to the canyon.  The water is still running pretty fast. I'll observe from a safe distance.

Back up the hill towards my lunch spot. The forest is so pretty on a sunny day. 

Time to head back to the lodge. The humans are mentioning ice cream and a beer (not at the same time).  I'm keeping my paws crossed.

Update: Neither a beer nor ice cream was provided.  Instead the humans made sugar free jello for dessert. 
How do I contact management? 

Bear BACK in charge blog, #14

What a day!

I'm at a state park in Oregon where the Deschutes river flows into the Columbia.  Lewis and Clark paddled by here many years ago.  Of course, the pioneers on the Oregon Trail probably stopped here too to let their oxen rest, drink water, and prepare for the end of their journey.

The river is pretty quiet here.  

A few rapids on the river.  It's a Sunday (post dated blog you know) and there are a few rafters coming down the river.  Probably took a nice weekend rafting trip. 

Are there any fish in the river?

Back in teh day two railroads were competing to get service to Bend, Oregon.  Bend was one of the big timber areas in the 1850s.  The two railroads were aggressively competing against each other to build the line to Bend.  Crews would steal dynamite, sabatoge the other crews food supply and intentionally mess with the other side.  Eventually, the railroads realized that if they work together they could create a line to Bend, Oregon to get the timber.

I am on an old road that was part of the railroad.

I was hoping for a spectactular wildflower show but I think I am too far east and too late in the year.

Cool old rock formations.  Is it time for lunch?

I just need to find the right picnic spot by the river. 

Prepparing for special guests.

Baxter here (with my pal Reindeer).  Well, if you figured it out my special guests are Little Fox and Sandy.  They are coming back from a long flight on Canadian Goose Airlines.  I want to have some snacks ready for their arrival.

My pal Reindeer is going to help out today.  He's got great knife skills and can slice a pineapple with the best of them.  Chef Ramsey you might have some competition.

See how fast Reindeer took care of that pineapple.  I think Little Fox and Sandy will be happy to have a healthy snack option.  Now, I think I should have something not as healthy as a special treat.  JellO was on sale so I figured I would try and make homemade pudding pops.

Prepping the pudding requires lots of stirring. 

 Making homemade popsicles or pudding pops in this case takes lots of patience.  Patience is a trait that all bears possess.

Filling up the Popsicle trays is a beary messy business.  Us stuffies leave that up to the humans as chocolate pudding in ones fur does not bode well.

4 short hours later the pudding pops are settled.  Time to wait for my guests to arrive.

A few moments later I heard the unique honk of Canadian Goose Airlines flight 23.  Service from London to Portland.

Sandy and LF were famished.  They ate most the pineapple. 

Wow, where did it all go. 

Both stuffies appreciated the thought of fresh pineapple but couldn't resist their own pudding pop as a welcome to Oregon treat.

By the smile on Sandy's face I think the pudding pops were a hit.