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Monthly Archives: September 2019

Riddle Brother’s Ranch

29 Sunday Sep 2019

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Oregon, Riddle Brother's Ranch, steens

Another abandoned ranch.  Without a plan, this seems to be a theme for this trip. In this fast world, it is calming to see items made by hand slowly.  I slowly look at how things were cobbled together.  Yet I imagine that the Riddles may have found pleasure in our easy to purchase manufactured world.  They had a hard life.

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A short walk west of the Riddle buildings.

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The Steens

27 Friday Sep 2019

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The Steens Mountain seems like a huge ramp extending from Frenchglen to the sky. It is bigger than imaginable – a Jack In the Beanstalk fairytale size of ramp. It gently goes up and up and the Steen Loop road provides the path to drive.

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The Steens Loop Road at about 9,000 ft.  Big country.

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Kenny Camp

23 Monday Sep 2019

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Kenny Camp, Nevada, Sheldon NWR

I took a walk to Kenny Camp in the Sheldon NWR.  It was an enjoyable walk there.  An interesting look aound, and an enjoyable walk back.  Simple.

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The house.

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Thousand Creek Gorge

22 Sunday Sep 2019

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Big Spring Reservoir, Nevada, Sheldon NWR, Thousand Creek Gorge, Virgin Valley Campground

I had vaguely heard about a canyon/gorge north of the Virgin Valley campground. I wasn’t sure how far the walk would be, so I made the sad decision to leave my old dog Rocket in the trailer. This was the first time I would leave him behind because of his age. I knew that on this trip he wouldn’t be able to go on all my walks so I reminded myself many times that it would be OK to leave him behind. I put Razzy on her leash and started to leave the trailer imagining there would be a fight by Rocket to leave too. Instead he seemed to tell me it was OK to be left behind, he jumped up onto the bed as I closed the door and Razzy and I left. Razzy and I enjoyed our walk but it seemed a bit incomplete without Rocket along.

The Thousand Creek Gorge that we found was amazing. Below are photos from the walk and then we drove to an overlook. I was amazed at the overlook. Four to five hundred feet of shear straight walls. I have never seen anything like this before.   The photos don’t capture the awe from the overlook.

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View from the road walked from the campground.

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Shirk Ranch

21 Saturday Sep 2019

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Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge, Oregon, Shirk Ranch

This is big country.  Driving Hwy 140 you can see vast distances. By Sage Hen summit  I could see the Steens to the north and the Pine Forest Range to the south with fresh snow on the top. It is a wonderful middle of nowhere type of place.  In the valley of Guano Lake there were miles of grass land.

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The area labeled Guano Lake on maps.

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Lava Beds NM and More

20 Friday Sep 2019

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California, Glass Mountain, Lava Beds NM, Oregon, Tule Lake NWR

I came to the Lava Beds National Monument to see the caves and found so much more. The area is full of surprises, contradictions, and irony with a complicated history of war mixed in.

The geology of the lava tube caves was interesting but unexpectly it didn’t grab my interest. I felt an uneasyness as I ventured into the dark caves. And with my headlamp and a large flashlight both on, I couldn’t light up the cave to see the details of the rock. So I stopped visiting the caves and ventured out to see other sights I had heard about.

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This tree is living in about two feet of rock over a cave.  And it looks healthy!

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Heading South

17 Tuesday Sep 2019

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Collier Memorial Park, Haystack Reservoir, Oregon

Driving south from Seattle to the Lava Beds NM gives one plenty of time to think about how to solve the world’s problems. I didn’t do that, I just zoned-out and drove. Smiling as I enjoyed the scenery. I had forgotten how pleasant the drive is between Biggs and Madras on Highway 97. Not much traffic and high plateau farming and ranching. At the north end are huge un-worldly wind turbines.  Looking at them reminded me of all the marvelous things engineers have figured out.  After a night spent at the Haystack Reservoir East Shore Campground I continued driving south.  It was a rainy day, raining the entire way from Madras to Klamath Fall with low clouds. No scenery and lots of traffic.  Ugh.  The dogs and I needed to take a break and do something other than driving so we stopped at the Collier Memorial Logging Museum. What a pleasant surprise.

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