Hey Oregon FTE and Visitors.
May your best day in 2016 be your worst day of 2017!!
Have a blessed New Year.

 

O.K. you had to pull the new thread thingy so.............


HAPPY NEW YEAR over here too.


Good night all. Elk hunting tomorrow, but I don't think we are going to go out until late morning.

 

Happy new year everyone.

 

Belated good morning Ford fans.
Have a fantastic New Year.

 

Enjoy a great Slackin Day.........


COLD today........15°F / -10°C.....snowing and windy.......Burrrrrrrr

 

Lot's of snow to track elk here Jim, not sure there is many to be hunted though..unless you go to the farm outside of Dryden

 

Evening all, ran the chainsaw for most of the day. Figure I have another 20 hours of cutting and hauling wood before I get everything cleaned up.

 

Is this all on your lot Andy..?

 

Good evening everyone. Got my CRF450X back together after a carb cleaning and new float needle. Started right up. Getting ready to sell/trade it for a two stroke.

 

Good evening Andy, John, Evan and those to follow.
Roy you can keep them cold temps on your side of the Rockies!!
Andy that's a lot of downed wood.
Evan, you have one in mind already?

 

It is getting worse.........

Tuesday morning is forecasted to be -22°F........plus some wind......

 

Roy this will seem warm compared to what your getting.
National Weather Service

 

Belated good evening Oregon and everyone everywhere else. Got home from elk hunting a bit ago and got something hot to eat and drink. Ready for bed now.


We got to higher elevation and into some snow hunting a section of the boundary line area. Up hill climb all the way, but that means its downhill when getting back to the pickup.
Enough snow to cut tracks. Followed and found a heard of 40-50 elk. The problem is that they were about a 1/4 of a mile on the wrong side of the boundary line. We sat on a stump, camo'd in and watched, and then watched some more. Finally put them to bed as they seemed quite content where they were at and we were out of shooting light anyway.
Since we had planned on being back at the pickups a couple of hours earlier, that is where we had left the flashlights. Made for an interesting hike in the dark getting back.


So, day 1 goes to the elk.

 

I've been very happy with the Hondas I've owned, so a later model CR250 with a few modifications is at the top of the list, as well as later model Yamaha YZ250. I wouldn't turn down a decent Husqvarna or KTM in my price range though.

The CR is very light, good power, easy to work on, and easy to find parts for at good prices, so that's what I'm leaning towards.

 

Morning all 33 and snowing some on the way in.

Yes, I have that much wood down at the compound, but about a quarter of that time will be hauling and stacking. Plenty of wood for the fireplace and fire pit for the next year.