Stehikin

Imagine a place with steep mountains all around except for a 1,000 foot deep lake, only reachable by boat, no phones, no internet, no TV. Well that is Stehikin. Delores organized a trip to this remote town on the edge of Lake Chelan for us, her friend Sandy and some old friends of Matt and Delores', Maureen and Bruce, came along too. We drove up to Snohomish on the day after Christmas. Then we took a 1.5 hour boat ride from the south end of Lake Chelan to the North end. The town has 95 year-round residents and since it is not reachable by car, the boat also brings supplies, mail, groceries, etc so it is a big event when the boat comes. Here is Matt in front of our out-house...just kidding, we stayed in a really nice cabin that was heated by a gas stove but it had electricity and even a dishwasher. I forgot to take a picture of it. Here is the pic from the website. View of the lake and the mountains...I think I could live here...

A cool little area overlooking the Lake to pray or meditate. Beautiful.

Matt and I got a lot of use out of our new snow shoes.

Rainbow Falls was partially frozen. So cool.

Here is the rest of the gang on a little exploration hike of the area. We had such a fun time hanging out with these guys, playing games and eating great food. Thanks for a great adventure, Delores.

bench project

As you can see I'm doing some catch-up blogging.

This was just a little project we did and I don't think I ever posted anything about it. We had an old shelf thingy that we weren't using anymore and I had been wanting a little bench to set things down on when you walk in our front door or to sit to put your shoes on. Well we added some legs and a few cusions and walaaa...an entryway bench.