Doumecq Road, with the Salmon River down below ..

Last Friday afternoon we went for a drive up into the mountains, all the way to our last year's stomping grounds at Joseph Plains.

The wildflowers were out in full, and the views were just as stunning as we remembered ..

Despite the height, the cacti were blooming here as well ..

After dropping off a new water-tank to the Brust lodge, and a short conversation with Marian (we would have loved to see the inside of the house to see what they have done with the place but, as usual, we were not invited .. they're weirdly secretive that way), we headed out for what was the main reason we were up there .. collecting rocks!

A neighbor of Sam/Marian up there in the mountains, has a large area of the type of rock on his property that Pat and Sam like for the base of the outside of the new house.

He agreed on letting them have as much as they want, so the guys had already been up there that morning to collect a truck (and trailer) full, and now we were there for a second run. 

                    

We loaded as much as we could (weight-wise) but we probably need to go back several more times.
Unfortunately, the road up to this 'quarry' is little more than a donkey-trail, steep and narrow and in very bad shape so we're really not looking forward to do so!



Derrick, the mason, thinks he knows a more accessible area for the same size and color of this particular type of rock, so we'll probably check that out next week or so.
Anything better than driving that trail again!

                                   

We tried for golf on Saturday although the weather-forecast didn't look very promising, and sure enough when we arrived in Grangeville it was raining, so we blew it off.

We went for a nice coffee at Crema instead, after which James did a material run, while I stayed behind for some relaxed reading and people watching ..                                               

James has a new phone, he cracked the other one, and this pics are made with that one. I couldn't figure out how it worked (what else is new), so James looks a little weird ..

                                                

As far as this weeks birds sightings go, here's a shot of a Western Tanager:




And a very cute, puffed up little Titmouse on the left here:

    

                               ... and a young Say's Phoebe there on the right.


No news on flying to Europe from here yet, but inside Europe they're slowly relaxing the flying restrictions, and will open up al traffic by the 15th of June:

                               (Telegraaf 6/4)

There's talk that international flights will follow, bit by bit, from the 1st of July on .. we'll see!