Reaquainting With Seven Sisters

As of October 2, 2025 our Escrow was finalized, the building formerly known as Bodfish Bicycles and Quiet Mountain Sports is now called Gather Home. Which is, ironically, exactly what we did. I grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan and I have seven sisters (including inlaws) whom I seldom see. They all live in Michigan and we're hoping that they will all welcome a visit. We had our Transit van, named Seymour, loaded and ready for adventure. Our van camping expedition lasted for the entire month of October. Our first night was in Goose Lake State Park just over the state line in Northeastern California. Southern Oregon was quiet, desolate and beautiful as we drove Hwy 140 east to Jackpot, Nev. From there the hwy led North back into Oregon where we took a gravel road out across The Alvord Desert which led us toward Jordan Valley and the border of Idaho. A long day of driving, for sure. We headed into the hills east of Jordan Valley toward the mines of Silver City. Dust and dusk were conspiring to send me off on a double track lane for a place to "boondock". Incredibly, only a half mile up this seldom used path we came upon a flat overlook above the small town of Jordan Valley. Our second night out and luck was with us already.