Oregon Hikers

I'm going to make this short and bearable, this concerns anyone who use there cellphones to take pictures while out on Government controlled land such as National Parks, Columbia River Gorge, Pacific Coastal Beaches and so on. As I now understand the Rules, If you take photo's on the Government lan...

2022 FALL FOLIAGE PREDICTION MAP: For photographers that are looking for the Fall Folige Dates Here is a map that might help you plan a trip. To use just click on the Date Bar just below the USA Map. Hint: Save the url this map starts around Sept. 5 every year. 2022 FALL FOLIAGE PREDICTION MAP: http...

I decided to try out this Plasma Ball out at night, McClelleans View Point in the Gifford Pinchot a couple weeks back and here is the results in pics and video. http://www.pnwhiker.org/plasmabaln22/pbjpgs/20220727_205045.jpg http://www.pnwhiker.org/plasmabaln22/pbjpgs/20220730_205934.jpg http://www....

To Retired Jerry: Back in my day Gold was only $70.00 oz., didn't realize the price had raised a bit. Good Luck, and I'm sure you won't forget to report your newfound riches to the IRS. Watch this video that was created on the Lewis River around Jun 25, 2020. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

Now that statement may sound a little strange, but here is what actually happened. While hiking this Thursday between Lower Lewis River Falls and Middle Falls along the river, I met a young couple panning for GOLD, and they did manage to score some color. I assured them I was only taking Long exposu...

Retired Jerry, Comet Speed:
This Comet will be Shuffling Along at about a rate of 70 Km/s or 43.5 m/s, between Earth's orbit around the sun,
the comet will only miss the Earth Fly By, by about 21 Million Miles, Next time around 80,000 years,
You'll still be around, Right.

For those of you who are interested here are some pics taken from Stellarium showing the approx. location of Comet C/2021 A1 (Leonard) at McClellans View Point in the Gifford Pinchot NF, if you miss it, it won't be back for a long time. Since the viewing range is in the area of 5, that means either ...

Lewis River Area Recreation Restrictions: Before you go to The Lewis River Recreation Area is a 14-mile corridor, situated alongside the Lewis River and Forest Road 90 within the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. This popular recreation area is located 26 miles east of Cougar, and 29 miles west of Tr...

For those of you who would like to jazz up your photography, or build yourself a USB Led Lightbox and get results like this or better. If you decide to try this, I would recommend purchasing a led usb strip with remote, the lightbox can be as inexpensive as a cardboard box with glass on top or you c...

FR 90 CLOSED west of Lower Falls Rec Area, east of Curly Creek Date(s): Jul 30, 2018 Due to a deteriorating road and an active slide on Forest Road 90, a portion of Forest Road 90 around Crab Creek is CLOSED. Vehicles can travel FR 90 to Curly Creek Rd, but not to Lower Falls, Upper Falls, or sites...