Ripley's "Portland Hikers Museum" - Believe it or Not!

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Re: Ripley's "Portland Hikers Museum" - Believe it or Not!

Post by kepPNW » October 30th, 2012, 12:46 pm

airoff wrote:
Guy wrote:
It's the Basil W. Clark sign at Devils Rest it marks the beginning of the old Primrose trail.
Based on the article you linked to, I'm guessing this sign in Trapper Creek (Deer Cutoff Trail) must be one of his works as well:
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Cool story! I had one of those in my library, that I had always wondered about...

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Post by potato » November 1st, 2012, 9:28 am

To me this stump looks like a seated gorilla, sprawling backwards after having something thrown at it (perhaps a boot to the stomach?).

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Post by rmrollo » November 4th, 2012, 8:02 am

Note in the middle rock formation, to me it looked like the face of an old man.... This is on the North? side of east lake in the newberry volcanic crater area...

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Post by mdvaden » November 8th, 2012, 6:06 am

In light of the last two photos, this brings to mind a spruce at the Oregon coast which reminded me of a dinosaur.

If only it had a head up on the "neck" ...
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Post by mayhem » November 16th, 2012, 6:42 pm

A Mnt bike on the summit of Kings Mnt by way of Elk Creek loop! The loop is a pretty challenging hike all by its self but bringing a Mnt bike for the loop?? Ok it was an accident & that's why I cropped out the owner! It really was an accident thinking the loop was part of the WRT or at least leading to the WRT not realizing the trail is not MNT bike friendly. Dude was happy to hear Mayhem say 2.5 miles straight down Kings then 3.5 miles on the highway 6 to Elk creek.
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Post by BrianEdwards » November 28th, 2012, 7:06 am

This strange clear cut is bordered on the right by Idiot Creek, off of hwy 6


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Post by Lurch » November 28th, 2012, 1:31 pm

I can't believe someone "forever alone"d a clearcut...
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Post by BrianEdwards » December 9th, 2012, 9:55 am

Took my son on 12/8 to find the old car I'd stumbled onto years ago near Memaloose Falls. I had only remembered about it during This Thread

We parked at the spur road to the falls and headed out. After reaching the end, we continued straight into the woods on the old squatter camp trail. It's still in great shape

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View of the woods. Memaloose creek is in the canyon to the right

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Several of these are beside the trail. My son called them 'moss spiders'

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We reached the pile of Power Aid bottles signifying the old squatter camp, and I knew the car was straight up the hill from there. About 5 mins later, my son spotted it in a rock pile. It must've been laying there for a long time, as it was virtually invisible.

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After poking around it for over 30 mins, I found a sticker in the engine compartment that read 'complies with all applicable US emission standards for 1976 model year.'

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So '76, it's also a 2-seater, and a convertible. We cleaned off the dash and took a shot. Surely we could identify it on the Internet by what we had found.

Soon we headed back, in the now pouring rain.

Looking back at the car.

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Following the trail on the way back to the spur road. Note the huge trees. There's a lot of em in here.

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After getting home, and some searching on Craigslist, I found it.

A 1976 MG British-made convertible roadster.

Old dash:

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What it looked like new:

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Where this car is would be quite an edeavour to retrieve, hence why I think it's been there for so long. That short little spur road off Memaloose Road sure has its share of things to see, good and bad.

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Post by Splintercat » December 10th, 2012, 7:41 am

Pretty cool, Brian... I suspect there's an 8-track player with "Peter Frampton Comes Alive" still looping in that rusted dash, somewhere... :lol:

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Post by BrianEdwards » December 10th, 2012, 10:34 am

Now THAT would be cool :lol:
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