Our weekend adventure

Larry and I went to Sumpter, Oregon with the Tri City Digital Photography Club for a photo opportunity. The club arraigned for us to ride an old steam engine, it was quite an experience with fall colors and billowing smoke against a beautiful blue sky. Even the operators of the train were dressed for the experience, they made it authentic for us. Larry sat in the train for most of the way while I went with the photographers to set up at the different locations they dropped us off at. Here is a peak at some of my favorite images.....







Here is the conductor, he knew everything about this train and the history of the area. I don't think there was a question he didn't know the answer to. He is definitely the best steam engine conductor west of the Mississippi.




We were treated to a train robbery, it was pretty neat! One of the guys walked on board the train and yelled a bit for fun, everyone had their cameras out.


Larry makes friends wherever he goes! We visited a ranch near Baker City, OR because we heard a guy had a whole bunch of cool old stuff. He only charged $2 per person so we walked around a couple of acres of land and Larry kept the horses at bay while I played with my camera. They were very interested in us, especially Larry. This one was rubbing up against him in order to block the other horse from Larry's affections :)




Now here is a friendly and desperate cat! She practically threw herself at Larry, I wonder what Panda (our cat) will think of this. Can you see how she jumped into Larry's hand to be sure she got a proper petting?


We took a scenic route home so I could take more photos of the beautiful fall colors. We were driving along and saw this random boot in the middle of the road. Larry and I could come up with stories all day about how it came to be there. I had him pull over so I could take a picture.




It was a great weekend! The photo club is already talking about another trip next year.