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Backpacking along the Lower Rogue

This photograph of the rogue river was made Saturday evening looking out over blossom bar. Traveling along the Lower Rogue has been a great addition to our adventure. As I write this I am in my tent camped just up from blossom bar. Marina and I opted to skip out on 20 or so miles of hiking through rolling hills of scrub oak. Instead we drove the car up in the mountains along an old, …

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Backpacking in the Wallowa Mountains.

Our  tent  near dusk at horseshoe lake in the Wallowa Mountains. Backpacking in the Wallowa Mountains is always an adventure.  I am very glad that I was able to return to the mountains this year.  It is a great adventure, and also an incredible struggle.  The remote scenic beauty however makes the entire struggle worth it.  It would be easy to say that Marina and I over packed for this excursion.  We carried to backpacking backpacks full …

Cascade Lakes

Robert and I took off the week before last and headed over to some of the Cascade lakes in the Three Sisters Wilderness area.  We Camped out that night, and spent the next day exploring the area. To much to see and do in just one day, but I can’t complain when my Tuesday is spent driving through backcountry highways, listening to Zepplin, and hiking around on a nice day. To more days like this. …