Oregon Hikers

I love RNWR. I hadn't visited the Carty unit for a long time. I was there earlier this month and found these white tailed deer from the Julia Butler Refuge. I hope things get better for your knee soon. Great pics. http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8527/8536998730_70a3b3a769_z.jpg ...

... to go check that area out sometime. I think Waffle Stomper does a lot of photography at RWR. There are two sections. Mike was in the northern "Carty Unit", and WS takes most of her photos in the southern "River 'S' Unit" which is mostly a drive-thru option. Like "Wildlife Safari" but all native. ...

The camas are just about done in Ridgefield. I hiked to a camas covered rock near the north end of the Carty unit on Sunday. A passing shower decided to stop passing and focused on showering on my head for over an hour. (Aren't showers supposed to move about, leaving dry spots ...

... this place enough, particularly in horrible weather, or for any hikers recovering from injury. Given the upcoming weather, this is probably ... there. The picture was taken on the 3 mile loop hike in the northern Carty Unit: DSC04091.jpg

... was greatly thrilled to see 14 garter snakes, mostly on the Boot and Carty Lakes loop hike: blueheron1 (1).jpg Garter1.jpg DSC02932.jpg As you may guess, we had a wonderful day ...

We went out early this morning to beat the heat and get a little hiking in at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge. We went to the Carty Unit and the Oaks to Wetland trail first, which was a bad idea - heat + standing water = mosquitoes! Shame we didn't do that math first. The Oaks to ...