Not my normal photographic subject, but I happened to be taking a morning hike around Caldera Springs which is a resort community south of Bend, Oregon and I happened on this setting, along one of its golf course holes. Despite its modernity, I found it picturesque with the two tall pines in the background. It is a slow time of year for off-road travel with the holiday’s, but soon after the New Year I have plans to meet up with Kitt from Seattle and hopefully several other adventurers, for some desert driving in southern Nevada. Here we are in late November and it seems like just yesterday that I was picking my way through the snow drifts remaining in the Three Creek Lake area between Bend and Sisters. As we head into the Thanksgiving holiday here in the U.S. I am busy fitting additional skid plates to the underside of the jeep, in preparation for the Jeepers Jamboree in July. I am not one for crowds, but I am also not one for tackling the Rubicon Trail on my own, so I thought that this would be the easiest way to gain some experience on the fabled trail.