It was a cold week on the South Fork of the Owyhee River. High temperatures in the lower 40's and lows below freezing, formed ice in our water bottles and morning snow on our tents. The freezing temperatures were made tolerable by the jaw dropping landscape and the tales of an incredible woman that accompanied the trip. This was not an ordinary excursion, on this trip was a woman who in the 1920's grew up in an old homestead on the banks of the river. Her father worked hard, in a hard country, building a life for her family in the Owyhee Canyonlands. The stories were amazing.
I did not hear her complain about the cold, or hardships of the past. She was a positive woman, drawing strength from memories, and a lifestyle gone by. View more images of the South Fork Owyhee.
It was a cold week on the South Fork of the Owyhee River. High temperatures in the lower 40's and lows below freezing, formed ice in our water bottles and morning snow on our tents. The freezing temperatures were made tolerable by the jaw dropping landscape and the tales of an incredible woman that accompanied the trip. This was not an ordinary excursion, on this trip was a woman who in the 1920's grew up in an old homestead on the banks of the river. Her father worked hard, in a hard country, building a life for her family in the Owyhee Canyonlands. The stories were amazing. 
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