Subject: Re: Eastern Oregon
Date: Mar 29 19:44:20 1998
From: Hal Opperman - halop at accessone.com


Hi Kristi -

What a good idea! I hope it works out for your aunt and uncle. JoLynn and
I might be interested in going there to check it out and just to get away
for a few days to what must be a beautiful place. But we would go as
paying guests, probably in July, if that's a good time. Where is the ranch
exactly? How big a spread? What elevation?

Hal Opperman
Medina, WA
425/635-0503

At 3:08 PM -0800 03/29/1998, Streiffert wrote:
>Dear Tweeters:
>My aunt and uncle own a cattle ranch in eastern Oregon. They try to
>manage for wildlife, and have recently opened their very remote ranch
>home as a B&B, and have been asking me how they can get birders
>interested in their place. I suggested they first of all offer their
>place for two nights to a good birder or two for FREE and that maybe, if
>the birders found the place has good birding potential, that word would
>get around, or at least they would know that it would be worth
>advertising in birding pubs. It was the e. oregon thread that reminded
>me that I had offered to make this post and serve as intermediary in
>setting something like that up. Tom and I covered a breeding bird route
>(near Flora) there once last year for my aunt (who participates in BBS
>and has some bit of birding experience and enthusiasm). Anyway her
>route was great fun, her cooking is great (all meals are included
>because the place is so remote), and there is much to be learned from
>cattle ranchers who love the earth and are doing their best to make a
>living and protect the habitat. And finally, there is no more gorgeous
>place than NE Oregon. If anyone is interested in spending a couple of
>days birding on and around their place in May, please contact me.
>Kristi Streiffert
>Coulee Dam, WA