dia de los muertos

A small altar this year, but I did pull out some of my collection of skulls. I think this may be my favorite holiday of the year, definitely not Hallmark, no gifts needed, nor big meals.
We are back from a week in the "land of enchantment" and enchanting it was. New Mexico never fails to show it's beauty in the month of October. We visited weavers, rivers, and the Penitentes and learned how to pronounce acequias .

Illahe Lodge, Agness, Oregon

Three days of paradise on the Rogue River, steelhead, osprey, alders, bay, and home cooking.

We awoke to fog on the river, Illahe being 32 miles inland from Gold Beach on the Oregon coast.

A half mile walk down a dirt road leads to a full view of the river where the guests staying at the lodge depart for a day of fishing.

The scent of damp leaves will remove most of the tensions of the outside world. Not to mention no cell service and when the wifi goes down life is even better.

78 year old Ernie Rutledge is 4th generation southwest Oregonian, his grandfather built the lodge. Ernie's daughter, Coleen runs the lodge today.
We made reservations for next year, four days, three was not enough.