During her all-too-short time on this Earth, Noble Fur accompanied me on five cross-country journeys between my home in Georgia and my summer jobs in the Northwest. Each of these years, we made at least one trip to my cabin in Okanogan County in northern Washington.
The cabin sits on an isolated 40-acre parcel of land, on a dry hillside dominated by ponderosa pines, sagebrush, and boulders. The two nearest towns, Tonasket and Republic, are 20 miles away by road. The cabin is off the grid: No running water, no electricity, no internet, no phone signal. Half the people reading that last sentence would regard the place as hell on earth; the other half would call it paradise.
Noble Fur’s first visit to the cabin in 2016 was documented in this diary:
Noble Fur, Road Warrior, Part 3
For this diary, we jump to 2017 when I took numerous pictures at the cabin that never got posted at Daily Kos. Let’s explore the grounds with our intrepid kitty.
All of the above pictures were taken within the span of one hour on September 29, 2017. There is plenty of material in my archives for more such diaries. In case you missed the first two entries in the series, here are the links.
PWB: Noble Fur Fridays - Road Trip from Washington to Utah
PWB: Noble Fur Fridays - Road Trip from Colorado to Illinois
I will be on the road when this diary posts, traveling home from a forestry conference in Florida. I’ll join the conversation when I have the chance.