Hi from Joseph Oregon,
I recently finished a book by Kent Nerburn entitled Chief Joseph. It is book about the Nez Perce Indians under the leadership of young Chief Joseph. They lived in Eastern Oregon/Washington. Without telling the whole story they ended up running from the UG Govt for years before they were caught in Montana. Old Chief Joseph's (young Joseph's father) wish before he died was to be buried with his fathers in the land they lived in.
Well, he died in 1870 and a fitting memorial was finally established outside the town which bares his name. His bones were intered there in 1926. The pictures of Lake Wallawa were take above the lake on a glacial moraine owned by a timber company. My friend of thirty years ago Bruce Dunn works for R/Y Timber and they own property on both sided of this beautiful lake. It was fun visiting with Bruce and his wife Jane. Bruce was my boss at Rexburg Lumber Comapny in Eastern Idaho when I was a young industrial forester in 1974-76. Bruce and I both lost our jobs when the Teton Dam collapsed June 5, 1976 washing our lumber mill down the Snake River. Bruce remained in forestry and I as you know jumped over to aviation.
Today we head west again and the Warm Springs Indian Rez. GPS sez 6:40 time enroute. We will hook up with the rest of our team later today. Yesterday as we were driving on I-84 in Idaho, I called Bruce and Linda Farrant who according to their itinerary were supposed to be enroute from Twin Falls to Warm Springs. It turned out they were about two hours ahead of us on the interstate. THEN, as we were in Boise exiting the interstate looking for the Cabela's, Bruce called us to check on our progress. It just so happened that as we were wondering which way to turn Bruce and Linda just left there and told us to turn left then turn left and there it was. God did provide direction for us just when we needed it.
We woke thia morning to blue skies and cool temps. It's supposed to be 101 degrees tommorrow in Warm Springs. We will be tent camping on the front lawn of the church. Standby for pictures.
I'm hoping to have WI-FI on the rez but we'll have to see. So maybe I'll be able to post Monday or not.
Blessings
Rob and Deb
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Evening, Rob & Debbie...
Glad to follow your trek...step by step. Heartening to hear of God's providence and how He is leading...turn left here and right there...
Bev and I were at our two respective farmers' markets this morning selling our honey and sharing with folk various information about honey, bees and gardening...lots of fun.
Have a great day in the Lord, you two and say hello to the Farrants for us.
In His Grip,
Bob & Bev
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