Donaldson Crew Adventures

This year since Pat and Sue (Kelly's parents) were coming to visit after Christmas we decided to get them an 'experience' gift of a snowshoe and bonfire tour through Wanderlust Tours.  This is the same company we went with this summer when we did the moonlight canoe trip on Sparks lake with some friends.  This time it would be a snowshoe hike at night with a bonfire waiting for us!   We were in for an extra special treat last night as it was snowing like mad up in the mountains making for a real winter outing with fresh powder to snowshoe through!    Waiting for us was a carve snow seating with seating pads, a fire, treats from sparrow bakery and warm drinks with your choice of spirits if you like.  I selected the crater lake hazelnut vodka by Bend distillery with my hot chocolate!  

Great fun and highly recommended by all of us.

A local outfitting company called Wanderlust tours offers a moonlight canoe in and around the full moon each month during the summer. Kelly and I have been trying to get a trip going like this all summer with some friends and the timing finally worked for the the August full moon.  We went on Saturday August 9 when the moon was at its fullest and it is also at one of the closest points to earth in its orbit making it extra big.    We went with the Hornsbys (Dean and Ceri - Red canoe) and the Bercots (Eric and Shelly - blue canoe).  After canoeing for a while we stopped at a beach and had local craft brews while the moon rose.  Once the moon was up and it was dark we took to the water again.  It was a fantastic evening on the water.