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| Frozen Sunrise on Mount Joseph, from the front door of our cabin |
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| Spring run-ff drowns picnic tables and fire pits in Wallowa State Park, southern end of Joseph |
A couple of weeks ago, Rainy Day and a friend of hers
visited Joseph, Oregon for a couple of days. Joseph is in the Wallowa
Mountains, in the northeast corner of Oregon, at an elevation of about 4300
feet, and it was cool and damp, and overcast most of the time. It is the old
stomping grounds of the band of Nez Perce Indians, which Chief Joseph led. The
scenery is absolutely gorgeous, the people are very friendly, and they have a
marvelous quilt store. Oh, and several art galleries;-)
When Rainy Day was a girl, her family often took her to the
nearby Lostine River to camp and fish. It felt like coming home again.
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| Grave marker for Chief Joseph |
When Chief Joseph took his people on a desperate march to reach Canada and freedom from General Oliver O. Howard's attempt to forcibly move his band of people to a reservation in Idaho he got them almost to the border before they were caught and brought back. As far as Rainy Day knows, his method of moving his people is still taught, and used, by the US Military.
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| Cameras are very scary for young 'uns |
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| Deer munching grass, watching fox as they played |
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| Young buck checking his herd (not shown) and eating breakfast |
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| Frozen sunrise thawing |
If you Google 'Chief Joseph' there is a tremendous amount of information on him. For his famous Surrender Speech, I Will Fight No More Forever, click
here.
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