Courtney and her girls took off this morning,
Erik has two buddies,
the mountains reflect off the front windows,
at target practice Marsha took out a ground squirrel,
Clint let the boys fire his concealed weapon,
Erik wanted to try it out as well,
Erica and Dane played in the dirt under the shade of the Cat.
we headed down to the lake,
Erik's mom came in on Wednesday to stay with everyone,
Erik and I were loving Terminal Gravity bottled beer but didn't get a chance to go,
I never get tired of the mountains,
homemade chocolates with local berry and fruit flavors,
Wallowa Lake sits at 4,372', the lowest elevation of all the Eagle Cap Wilderness Lakes. It's almost 5 mi in length, 1 mi across and has a depth of 283'. The Nez Perce inhabited the area prior to any exploration. After the Sate of Oregon was founded the Nez Perce were given a treaty allowing them to remain on their land. In 1877 the US Government took back the land and tried to force the Nez Perce onto a reservation. 800 fled to Canada but we trapped less than 40 miles from the border by 2000 US troops. Many had frozen to death, they had no shoes or blankets, Chief Joseph surrendered October 5, 1877. It is the last battle US forces had with Native Americans. The Nez Perce were sent to Ft. Leavenworth and held for 8 months. They were then relocated to Colville Reservation where the Wallowa band still love today.
there are three pioneer graves near Old Chief Joseph's,
burial site of Old Chief Joseph-the Father of the more famous Chief Joseph who was chief of the Wallowa band, Wallowa comes from the Nez Perce word Wallamwatkain,
The Nez Perce name for themselves is Nimiipuu meaning "the people." Nez Perce, French meaning "pierced nose" is an inaccurate name no longer used. They did not practice nose piercing, the "pierced nose" tribe lived on the lower Columbia River and are called Chinook.
The Nez Perce tribal lands was 17,000,000 acres covering parts of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, & Montana surrounding the Snake, Salmon, & Clearwater Rivers. This area we are walking through was the home of the Wallowa band,
there were all these flying grasshoppers,
still walking through the Native Wallowa tribe lands,
Erica was holding this in her hand-she says they are soft and fuzzy,
Fred and Erik went for a quick run on the waterfall trail we had done Monday,
Evan trying to split wood,
thanks Clint for getting these pictures for me!-salmon in the creek,
Owen caught another snake!
Grandpa Fred making cowboy cobbler,
Evan: not too bad,
Owen trying to shop wood,
Erica played for a long time around the bridge and little creek-it was so fun watching her-just like Anne of Green Gables,
Erik took us to the Wallowa Lake Dam where he used to play as a kid,
he would jump and flip off the wheels,
on this side they would flume down the rapids,
this was Erik's Grandma's house, Fred's mom bought the lot and put the home here. When we were here 15 years ago I got to meet her, she was tending to her beautiful flowers,
Erik's old elementary school,
Fred did the brick work here,
sleeping out under the beautiful star-y night sky,
Another awesome day-Thursday, August 25th.
Courtney and her girls took off this morning,
Erik has two buddies,
the mountains reflect off the front windows,
at target practice Marsha took out a ground squirrel,
Clint let the boys fire his concealed weapon,
Erik wanted to try it out as well,
Erica and Dane played in the dirt under the shade of the Cat.
we headed down to the lake,
Erik's mom came in on Wednesday to stay with everyone,
Erik and I were loving Terminal Gravity bottled beer but didn't get a chance to go,
I never get tired of the mountains,
homemade chocolates with local berry and fruit flavors,
Wallowa Lake sits at 4,372', the lowest elevation of all the Eagle Cap Wilderness Lakes. It's almost 5 mi in length, 1 mi across and has a depth of 283'. The Nez Perce inhabited the area prior to any exploration. After the Sate of Oregon was founded the Nez Perce were given a treaty allowing them to remain on their land. In 1877 the US Government took back the land and tried to force the Nez Perce onto a reservation. 800 fled to Canada but we trapped less than 40 miles from the border by 2000 US troops. Many had frozen to death, they had no shoes or blankets, Chief Joseph surrendered October 5, 1877. It is the last battle US forces had with Native Americans. The Nez Perce were sent to Ft. Leavenworth and held for 8 months. They were then relocated to Colville Reservation where the Wallowa band still love today.
there are three pioneer graves near Old Chief Joseph's,
burial site of Old Chief Joseph-the Father of the more famous Chief Joseph who was chief of the Wallowa band, Wallowa comes from the Nez Perce word Wallamwatkain,
The Nez Perce name for themselves is Nimiipuu meaning "the people." Nez Perce, French meaning "pierced nose" is an inaccurate name no longer used. They did not practice nose piercing, the "pierced nose" tribe lived on the lower Columbia River and are called Chinook.
The Nez Perce tribal lands was 17,000,000 acres covering parts of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, & Montana surrounding the Snake, Salmon, & Clearwater Rivers. This area we are walking through was the home of the Wallowa band,
there were all these flying grasshoppers,
still walking through the Native Wallowa tribe lands,
Erica was holding this in her hand-she says they are soft and fuzzy,
Fred and Erik went for a quick run on the waterfall trail we had done Monday,
Evan trying to split wood,
thanks Clint for getting these pictures for me!-salmon in the creek,
Owen caught another snake!
Grandpa Fred making cowboy cobbler,
Evan: not too bad,
Owen trying to shop wood,
Erica played for a long time around the bridge and little creek-it was so fun watching her-just like Anne of Green Gables,
Erik took us to the Wallowa Lake Dam where he used to play as a kid,
he would jump and flip off the wheels,
on this side they would flume down the rapids,
this was Erik's Grandma's house, Fred's mom bought the lot and put the home here. When we were here 15 years ago I got to meet her, she was tending to her beautiful flowers,
Erik's old elementary school,
Fred did the brick work here,
sleeping out under the beautiful star-y night sky,
Another awesome day-Thursday, August 25th.
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