Category: Exploring
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20230704 Yellowjacket Creek, GPNF
While camped down along the Cispus River, I explored the lower reaches of Yellowjacket Creek, and found a great swimming hole! Images taken along Yellowjacket Creek, Gifford Pinchot National Forest. 3.8 miles hiked, with 107 feet of elevation gain, and a whole lotta getting wet.
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20230527 Family Campout at Orr Creek GPNF
My brother Barry and nephew Liam joined me for a weekend campout alonside Orr Creek, GPNF. We had a great time, did some exploring, and even a hike to Horseshoe Lake, and very much enjoyed Liam’s first campout complete with tent, campfire, roasted marshmallows, and starry night skies. After they left on Sunday, I sought…
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20230503 Tieton Valley Hike
Having driven across Oregon, camped alongside the highway outside Goldendale, and about to drive up White Pass… I thought I might take a break along the Tieton River for a walk. Here’s what I saw…
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20230503 Swick Old Growth Loop Walk
On my way home from the desert, I stopped by this old growth interpretive walk along Hwy 395 outside Canyon City, OR.
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20230501-02 Alvord Desert
I finally made it to Big Sand Gap – and camped under the stars on the playa. And there was a haboob! (Well, the last straggly remnants of one, at least.) Also, true to form, it rained.
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20200203 Nisqually-BFJ NWR
Mike and I spent an afternoon walking about the Billy Frank Jr., Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge
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20191014-20191020 Lakes Basin PCT, PNF
I took a road trip with Julie R. down to Portola, CA so she could attend a family wedding. While she did that, I hiked about the nearby Lakes Basin, PNF, making my way to and along the PCT from Graeagle, CA to the Sierra Buttes Fire Lookout. We finished up by spending a night…
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20190520 Scatter Creek Prairie, WDFW
Mike and I spent an afternoon wandering about the Scatter Creek Prairie to check out the wildflowers.
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20181202 From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah
Short days and low energy make for lazier adventures. On this day, Mike and I drove to Hoquiam to see some of the old broken-down waterfront along the Wishkah River – as well as the Kurt Cobain Memorial Park, on the muddy banks of the Wishkah River. Nirvana was a big thing here, and the…
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20181125 Hoffman Hill & Edmond Marsh, Dupont, WA
Mike and I stayed rather local this day, venturing no further than Dupont, WA, to explore the Hoffman Hill trail above the Nisqually River. There wasn’t a lot to see, but I found my eye drawn to the smaller perspectives. We finished the Hoffman Hill trail, then continued with an exploration of the Edmond Marsh…