SherriAug. 10: New York City is arguably the greatest place on earth. This assumes that you like cosmopolitan cities. And that you also are fond of outspoken and forthright people. And part of the reason why I am more than halfway willing to stand behind my statement that New York City is the greatest place on earth,
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SherriAug. 11: Even two days in NYC is not anywhere near enough. It’s a true statement even taking into account that I go there regularly so my accumulated NYC time is pretty substantial. Yet NYC, like Paris, is one of those places that people, including myself, keep going back to again and again and again.
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SherriJul. 23 and 24: Dan and I are absorbing the clean mountain air up at 8,500 feet in the northeastern corner of Oregon. Now that’s a long way from home, at least when using a car and not a plane to get here. Last autumn Dan mentioned that he got an email from Raz that the 2016 Wallowa Llamas schedule was released and it was right then that we picked the dates to go on a trek into Eagle Cap Wilderness.
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SherriJul. 25: We are on our second and last night at Pine Lakes. I certainly could drink in the scenery here for more days. However, I am fully accepting of the fact that we have more magnificent places to explore. So we are on the move.
This morning,
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SherriJul. 26: We are sitting in our new camp, a ways up the trail from Crater Lake in one of Raz’ hidden camp sites. I will tell you more about Raz’ camp sites in a moment. This one is not THE Crater Lake in Oregon, but a small lake deep in the Eagle Cap Wilderness that bears the same name.
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SherriJul. 27: The llama trip is on its sunset. Two nights at Pine Lakes and two nights at the Eagle Cap Wilderness’ Crater Lake. Dan and I are grateful that Raz has shared some special spots with us. And I am grateful that Dan turned me on to Wallowa Llamas.
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Jul. 28: I write to you from the comfort of the Best Western in John Day. We hit the trail toward Halfway around 11am. Even with an early bird group, it takes about two hours to gather and saddle up and pack the llamas.
Our route out from Crater Lake involved mostly retracing our steps except for a small stretch on a parallel trail.
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As you could imagine, the scenery here is something to behold. After inserting pictures into my writing, I simply ended up with a lot more pictures that deserved to see the light of day. I could describe them all, but in this instance words won’t do them justice. So here is an Eagle Cap Wilderness photo album and some gems that will simply speak for themselves.
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