Setting My Sights on Spring

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After being couped up in the house for a week, Sam was getting restless and very bored.  Since being on medical leave this past week, he has been working on the kitchen wall paper while I work.  He's almost done.  But today, he needed to get out and about.  How about looking at flooring or lighting for the kitchen?  He wrinkled his nose.  We could drive to Moscow and see what's going on up there.  No.  After making a couple more less than stellar suggestions, I asked about taking a drive out to Waha, a mountain community about ten miles south of Lewiston.  Sam raised his eyebrows...and nodded his head.  We loaded our dogs, Rumbeau and Allie, into the Dodge pick up and headed out of town. 

 

 

I love drives up to the mountains.  Especially this time of year.  Most of the snow is gone, but occasional spots remain, reminding us that is it still winter.  The air is crisp and cool...clean.  Today, there wasn't a cloud in the sky.  It was simply beautiful.  Sam isn't much for words, he's a quiet man.  As the radio played in the background, Sam drove in silence, and we slowly climbed up the mountain road.  I had time to think...to enjoy the scenery.

At the top, we stopped and allowed the dogs to get outand stretch their legs.  Rumbeau found a couple of patches of snow, flipped over on his back and proceeded to make his version of doggy snow angels...minus the wings.  His angels don't have wings. 

We spent a couple ofhours driving around the mountain roads.  One road is the old stage coach road and it's a real trip; no pavement, just dirt and gravel with steep drops that barely hug themountain side and hair pin curves.  This time of year it isn't advisable to travel on...but the views are spectacular.  We opted for the safe, paved road back to town.  At least, it started out as the safer choice.  There were a couple of spots that were a little bit scary.

 

No, the snow isn't gone from the mountains, yet.  This past week Sam did take a drive up to our cabin in the mountains of Clearwater County.  The road up was about the same as the roads in Waha, wet with some spots of snow.  Everything is fine at the cabin, no broken pipes, no problems.  Soon it will be mushroom season and I'm looking forward to getting back up there.  The corals and morrels will be popping up, everywhere.  I love hunting for and eating wild mushrooms, but one has to be careful, as there are several varieties that may look safe but aren't.  I have seen morrels used on television, in several of Emeril's recipe's...oh yeah babe!

 

~~Everyone is worth it.~~ 

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