With family scattered, we ducked the big Thanksgiving scene, picked up Scott's friend Mimi, and headed for the mountains. We drove up North of Index on the recently opened Index/Galena Road, and hung out at the bridge upstream of Howard Creek. After a few pics, I headed up the hill where we have found Chanterelles before. Skunked - no Chanterelles, I headed over to Iron Hold, Jill's family property, and found my first wet late bloomer. I worked up the hill, careful on the logs, to where Jill & I have found more in then past. Yeah a modest handfull and a few more pics! As I headed down, Kathleen radioed, Jill had arrived, and they were in the cabin. I found a few more pics as the sun went down. As I came around the corner of the cabin, I found the paint test, which reminded me of my architect/painter friend Burtolini's piece in a recent show. Kathleen made turkey sandwiches, and we had a somewhat intense foggy night drive home. That was a different Thanksgiving!    Please enjoy these snapshots - the pics are good therapy for me. Thanks all! (Click on any image below for a much larger image "slide show" - arrow keys work well.)
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