As with several recent hikes, I make a plan the night before with great ambition and motivation, but had a contingency or two in back pocket to manage OR weather. I wake up and review the weather and combine everything into a simple balance: how much carbon will burn (gallons of gas) and what is…
A local hiking buddy and I planned on heading to Westfir and hike up Alpine Trail Thursday, Dec 4. We were all set the night before and then in the morning, the weather shifted and Oakridge area would have rain all day, but Eugene very little … We both had the same thought around 5:00am…
and, amazing things to see … dancing pigeons, reflected mill race grasses, oil paint trees and a solitary still blooming flower … clicking on a photo opens a better resolution view
My kestrel persona, Kirby from Cascade Raptor Center, selects her favorite pictures from the blog over the last year. This set of photos are her ‘VERY favorite’ … these she found to be the very best and wants to keep looking at them. Full resolution photos are posted at Adobe – the ‘VERY BEST‘ gallery….
My kestrel persona, Kirby from Cascade Raptor Center, selects her favorite pictures from the blog over the last year. This set of photos are her ‘almost favorites’ … they were good, but not quite good enough. Often, the subject or content was really good, but the photo quality stretched. Full resolution photos are posted at…
I ended up hiking my third selection after discarding the other 2 due to too much driving for their experiences. Spencer Butte had not been hiked in weeks, so logically Ridgeline Trail from Spring Blvd starting early in morning. From Spring Blvd at 6:22, it was straight to Spencer Butte summit with headlamp on between…
Another very short break in winter weather in the valley but fog – thick in places. Went to bed contemplating 3 hikes, and then with the morning weather – cloud cover and fog – decided a Pisgah Ramble was the right choice. I left the West trailhead before 6:30am with 8 cars in the parking…
The camera can say it better – all taken Mon, 11-17
Weather peeps said maybe rain early and then fog later but not cold … good weather for November 🙂 … but, I just couldn’t get in a car. So I headed for the bark dust trail (Pre’s Trail) along the Mill Race and Willamette River. Walking along the water early in the morning landscapes are…
With a break in the atmospheric river dumping rain on PNW, getting out in the woods sounded perfect, but I didn’t want to drive. (After driving back – forth from PDX last week.) Ran through the mental exercise of comparing near-by locations by number of anticipated humans, probability of wildlife and a good set of…
