Oregon Hikers

Thank you.

Time for civil disobedience. This sounds like a lot more "impact" than anything hikers are doing. More death by bureaucracy? For portions of the trail to be decommissioned, the first step will be to grade the entrenched trails to match the normal grade of the slope to the maximum extent practicable....

(I imagine non-wheeled visitors will continue to use the existing path that more or less parallels the cliff — unless they explicitly tell us not to, which would be annoying.) I hiked the Mosier Plateau trail again recently and I was reminded why I don't go often: the obvious place where everyone w...

Welcome, and thanks for an unusual report.

teachpdx wrote: ↑

January 31st, 2024, 8:03 pm

The coffee here, by the way, is amazing.

Is it the freshness of the beans, or the way it is prepared?

Double Tree wrote: ↑

January 24th, 2024, 6:31 pm

I was reminded of the argyle tree a few days ago, between ice storms in east county. The pattern in the ice on this tree, is similar. Considering the winds we had, no doubt this tree twisted and rocked, creating the pattern you see.

Interesting observation. Thank you.

Webfoot is harvesting our data for targeted advertising! :lol: Actually, maybe it is a scammer who hacked Webfoot's account, since that post came from Panama City. But so have others, so maybe it's just a proxy. Unless Webfoot has always been a scammer... ;) I'm using a VPN at the moment. I was stu...

How do you make coffee at home?

retired jerry wrote: ↑

December 24th, 2023, 6:17 pm

I've forgot my boots

"Old age is a bitch"

So have I. It hits some of us early.

Merry Christmas all!

This is a related phenomenon: https://www.climate.gov/news-features/understanding-climate/interactive-map-coldest-day-year-across-united-states#:~:text=Most%20prominently%2C%20the%20portion%20of,its%20seasonal%20minimum%20in%20January. The map didn't load in my browser for some reason but I eventua...