Hunting and a Few Pictures

I have spending my fall weekends hunting. Last weekend I went down to a place that is North East of Lebanon. We saw two does and a spike. No shooters. This weekend I went to a place that is North of North Plains and South West of Vernonia. No deer seen but I did see lots of sign. The fog was so thick at time that I could not see very far. I did manage to hike a few miles take a few pictures and managed to only get rained on a little bit. I took these photos this morning.

First week of school

The first week of school was crazy. The pace was fast and furious. It seems like I can plan but things always change. Everyday is different and exciting and hectic. I saw one patient on a semi-emergency basis and now she is going to be my patient instead of another students. I did a lot of treatment planning this week but next week I have a few more procedures planned including an esthetic composite, a root canal and a scaling and root planing. Should be fun.

Summer Vacation

Summer vacation started off with a trip to San Diego fro the weekend. I flew down and stayed with my grandparents for the weekend. After coming back to portland for a day, I drove down to Ashland and stayed for the week. On my way to Ashland I stopped in Albany and spent the day at my friend Carson's Dental office. It was a great experience to see how a private practice can operated and it gave me something to look forward to when I graduate. While in Ashland, I spent the week relaxing, I went to a show at the Oregon Shakespeare festival, got my teeth cleaned. On my way back to Portland, I spent the day at OSU for the Beavers home opening football game. I saw lot of my college friends and the Beavers won easily. I left the game early because my cousin Dale happened to be flying in to Portland that day to buy a pickup truck and was totally lost in portland. Dale stayed with me that night and the next morning we drove to Idaho. Me in my truck and Dale in his new one.
On the drive we saw some big horn sheep and we had lunch with uncle Harold in LaGrande. I spent three weeks in Idaho where I stayed on the ranch. I helped out around the ranch and enjoyed the fishing. The fishing in the bass ponds was slow but the spring pond got stocked with five thousand 6-8 inchers which were hungary and wiling to bite. I also made a trip to the South Fork of the Boise rive with my friends eric and Ben from school. I hooked 8 fish but most were white fish. Overall we had a good day and learned to fish a new river. We made one pack trip up into the Bennett Mountains in order to drop my uncles hunting camp for this upcoming deer season. We had a few small rodeos with the horses but everything turned out ok and we found a good spot to set up camp.
One project that I was working on this summer was rebuilding the front clutch on a '62 Cub Cadet garden tractor. The clutch runs the mower deck and it went out while I was mowing. The parts were hard to track down because there are only a few specialized internet retailers that carry them. It was fun to learn about the mower and all the enthusiasts for these classic mowers.
Overall I had a good break and was refreshed and ready to start school and stat seeing patients again.