Tuesday, April 19, 2011

One Old Friend

There is an old saying, "One old friend is better than ten new ones".
This is our friend Matt Haley.  He was our room mate and friend during College at the University of Idaho.  Matt lives in Portland now, and to prove he is a city slicker, he opted to bring his oversized suitcase camping with us this weekend.  We camped up at High Valley with him and his parents on thier property overlooking the valley.  There is a private lake that we took Karma's inflatable kayak out on and a little paddle boat that Matt's parents have.  We saw tons of wildlife.  Sandhill cranes, eagles, osprey, & deer.  On Saturday, Matt, his Dad & Karma took the dirt bikes up into the mountains and picked huckleberries.  They found a ton of them!  On Sunday morning I made huckleberry pancakes and Karma, Matt & I went for a 25 mile dirt bike ride on some of the old logging roads for an increadible view of the valley below.  Karma and I are really blessed to have such great friends & family.