Community Trips
This weekend Emily and decided it was time to go on another short hike before I had to work at Ruby's. We drove out towards the Mt. Jefferson Wilderness area with guidebooks in hand. When we passed by Detroit Lake I was absolutely amazed at how low the water level was. When Kalin and I had passed by the lake in mid July on our Jefferson attempt it reminded me of Lake...
Too big with too little time is how I would describe our effort to climb Mt. Jefferson this weekend. Kalin and I thought we'd have enough time to climb the 2nd tallest volcanic peak inOregon in just a night and a day but we were very wrong. I had a very foreboding and nervous feeling about the climb all week long. I guess my instincts are right on still. We left Corvallis...
Kris and I hiking along the Clackamas river. Really nice trail just South of Ripplebrook ranger station.
Yesterday I kayaked down a section of the North Santiam River just east of Mill City, OR with my fellow new COAS grad students. It was Robyn, Esther, Anna, Eleanor, Bart, myself and Greg who organized the event. We had rented inflatable kayaks from the Outdoor Rec Center at OSU for the day and took his party van, and my truck to shuttle us between the launch and the pick-up. We put...
Tori and I visited upper North Falls in the Silver Falls state park, to explore photo opportunities, and just look around. We both took some picture, including one VR in the middle of the stream.
Nice little hike around a beautiful small lake in Mt. Hood National Forest.
