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Category Archives: Orleans
Fire 4
This is the Orleans end of the G-O Road. Back in the day it was going to be a logging road but construction was stopped when the tribes filed a lawsuit saying that the road was going to go through sacred lands and threatened their religious practices.
The case went all the way to the Supreme Court and the Court basically said, the road and timber harvest might be a bummer but wouldn’t force them to change their beliefs. It’s not a perfect analogy but it’s as if the government needed to build a bike path through the middle of a church with the argument that it wouldn’t force people to change their worship.
By the time the case concluded the lumber industry was bust and there was no reason to complete the road. So now it’s a lovely drive and handy for hunting and gathering.
Posted in doing it wrong, Orleans
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Fire 3
This particular fire is out and was contained fairly quickly although Mom and Dad did pack a bunch of stuff in case they needed to get out of there quick. There are still major fires in the area and fire crews are busting ass to keep it all under control.
Posted in doing it wrong, Orleans
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Fire 2
I take a million of the same picture every time I go to Orleans and now that I’m looking for before/after fire photos, I can’t seem to find good ones. How is that possible?
This is the same road, just around the turn.
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First Tomato!
Someone needs major tutorial action on the latest version of Photoshop. It took me about an hour to do this. In my defense I am a tad run down and my brain isn’t on full strength.
This was waiting for me when I returned home. It’s now on its velvet pillow in the kitchen awaiting a major life change. There’s one more close and I’m guessing I’m about two weeks away from inundation. I can’t wait.
I had a wonderful vacation in Orleans and the day we arrived home I had just enough time to clean up and then drive to the airport to get on a plane to go to a work trip. I arrived home from that last night and I put in most of a day at the office today and now I’m looking forward to some couch time.
Lots of great photos and possibly a few stories to come.
Home!
Fantastic weekend in California! I have the best family in the Universe.
But now I’m tired and my eyeballs feel like they’ve been dipped in sand and I need to start de-cat-hairing all my clothes.
Holidaze
Crazy snow in Happy Camp.
Stinkface from cat because I would not provide a lap for him to sit on.
Gorgeous day on the Klamath River.
Here they are! The Rentz ladies. My sister is crouching a little bit so she doesn’t look taller than me.
Siskiyou pass on the way home. A little iffy but not too bad.
Turkey Day Is Here
In honor of Thanksgiving. Lefty was my great-uncle, my grandfather’s younger brother. I’d like to point out that none of the get-up in that photo is traditional to our tribe. I think Aunt Genie was a Montana Indian so we can cut them a little slack.
Meanwhile, I drank the Kool Aid! I’m spatchcocking.
I’ll let you know how it turns out.
Goofy Face
It’s been awhile since I did a sister goofy face photo.
This photo has so much awesome stuff going on it in it, I can hardly stand it.
Both my and my sister’s faces. My socks and no shoes. The woodpile. My cousin Kathy in my Mom’s lap. My Mom’s Carol Brady hair. Norska, the dog. The antenna on the lawn.
I talked to my sister this morning and I forgot to warn her that the “Twelve Days of Christmas with the Rentz Girls”™ is happening next month.
I think I’m going to start with the youngest. And on Xmas Day I’ll get a photo of us in our awesomely mature advanced state. Stay tuned!
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The River at the Center of the World
Klamath River, February 2012
Did I mention I was sneaking off to California for an extra long weekend to hang out with my family?
It was brilliant. Every bit of it was great except for the long drive home. And even that wasn’t so bad because the weather was decent.
No time for more comprehensive update until this weekend.
