This weekend Kelly and I took our friends Jeremy and Tiff to our favorite place in the world, Joseph, Oregon near the Eagle Cap Wilderness Area for a weekend of outdoor adventures. We left Friday afternoon and had an uneventful drive down and made our first stop at Terminal Gravity Brewing for dinner and drinks. Its hands down our favorite beer in the world and they didn't disappoint. This time on tap was a delicious Festivale at a strong 8.9%. It was dangerously good. After dinner we checked into our cabin and settled in for a night of Super Mario Brothers on the Wii.
The next morning Kelly and I had to continue our marathon training with a 12 miler. It was perfect weather for that, low 30s and dry. So we ran along the side of Lake Wallawa and enjoyed the views as we trodded through our training run.
John running along the lake
After our run, we hung out for a bit and then went for an afternoon snow shoeing. The snow wasn't that impressive near the lake so we headed out to Salt Creek about 30 minutes away. There the snow was 1-3 feet deep so a good amount for snow shoeing. The clouds started to part and the views were great.
John and Kelly somewhere awesome of course
Jeremy, Tiff, and Kelly on the Devil's Loop Trail
After snow shoeing we stopped back into Joseph and ate at Embers for dinner. On the way home we passed a house with 3 deer in the front yard. They were gathered around an artificial deer. I guess they were confused by the fake one. That night we played more WII and finished off our Terminal Gravity Growlers and did some night hiking.
The next morning we woke up and hiked around the lake before heading back home.
Lake Wallawa, unfrozen in January