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by teachpdx
February 29th, 2024, 4:37 pm
Forum: Trip Reports
Topic: Exploring/Reviewing Timothy Lake (a crown jewel of Mount Hood National Forest)
Replies: 40
Views: 15853

Re: Exploring/Reviewing Timothy Lake (a crown jewel of Mount Hood National Forest)

It's hard to mentally filter out your youtube links when the trip report page is inundated with them. TrailPerspective has created 5 trip reports in the last month. Hard to call that inundated or be offended by them. I am one that appreciates the time TrailPerspective spends creating these reports....
by teachpdx
February 14th, 2024, 1:50 pm
Forum: Trip Reports
Topic: Exploring/Reviewing Timothy Lake (a crown jewel of Mount Hood National Forest)
Replies: 40
Views: 15853

Re: Exploring/Reviewing Timothy Lake (a crown jewel of Mount Hood National Forest)

Developed campgrounds aren't really my thing, but I do enjoy getting up to Timothy Lake usually once every other year, parking somewhere along 4280 and bushwhacking down to the PCT to one of the many backcountry sites on the east side of the lake. It's easy, and it's usually where I take friends for...
by teachpdx
February 2nd, 2024, 2:25 pm
Forum: Idle Chatter
Topic: How do you make coffee at home?
Replies: 16
Views: 2390

Re: How do you make coffee at home?

The coffee here, by the way, is amazing. Is it the freshness of the beans, or the way it is prepared? It’s very fresh, of course… but it’s mostly that Costa Rica generally has small plantations that just specialize in really high quality coffee. And it’s expensive even compared to US standards. I h...
by teachpdx
January 31st, 2024, 8:03 pm
Forum: Idle Chatter
Topic: How do you make coffee at home?
Replies: 16
Views: 2390

Re: How do you make coffee at home?

Does it say I am in Costa Rica? I’m traveling at the moment.

The daily is a Moccamaster drip, Moka and Aeropress for specialty. But I have nearly every type of maker.

The coffee here, by the way, is amazing.
by teachpdx
January 3rd, 2024, 10:39 am
Forum: Trip Reports
Topic: An expensive hike to Tunnel Falls - 2023-12-28
Replies: 11
Views: 10625

Re: An expensive hike to Tunnel Falls - 2023-12-28

I think I might buy one anyway and toss it in the car when leaving the city. I'm never hurting for cargo space. I have a donut for my GTI but I always throw a full size spare in the back if I am going to be doing a lot of gravel or heading way off the grid. When I did the Dempster Highway last year...
by teachpdx
January 3rd, 2024, 9:34 am
Forum: Trip Reports
Topic: Flag Point Lookout - 12/26-12/27/2023
Replies: 11
Views: 12881

Re: Flag Point Lookout - 12/26-12/27/2023

Did you come up through Dufur? That stretch of road as you approach the NF boundary on down to the oak forests outside the NF is an epic place for "frost forest" photography when we have extended freezing fog events in the Columbia Basin. Yes, we did. And it was definitely much more frosty/icy belo...
by teachpdx
December 29th, 2023, 7:49 am
Forum: Trip Reports
Topic: Flag Point Lookout - 12/26-12/27/2023
Replies: 11
Views: 12881

Re: Flag Point Lookout - 12/26-12/27/2023

kdechant, if you're looking for a shorter journey by foot next week, you might consider driving south from Dufur on 197 and cutting east through the town of Friend. The road isn't plowed past the National Forest boundary (8.7 miles from the lookout), but considering current conditions and the upcom...
by teachpdx
December 28th, 2023, 9:24 am
Forum: Trip Reports
Topic: Flag Point Lookout - 12/26-12/27/2023
Replies: 11
Views: 12881

Re: Flag Point Lookout - 12/26-12/27/2023

retired jerry wrote:
December 28th, 2023, 8:54 am
What did you do for drinking water?
We packed up 4L each, and then had a filter in case we needed to melt snow but it wasn't necessary. It was plenty for one night.
by teachpdx
December 28th, 2023, 7:59 am
Forum: Trip Reports
Topic: Flag Point Lookout - 12/26-12/27/2023
Replies: 11
Views: 12881

Flag Point Lookout - 12/26-12/27/2023

When the whole six month block of reservations for Flag Point dropped earlier this year, I finally succeeded at booking a night at a fire lookout. I took my bestie and my brother to join me for my birthday and a full moon. I fully expected and planned for this hike to be on snowshoes, but with the d...
by teachpdx
December 11th, 2023, 10:56 am
Forum: Introduce Yourself!
Topic: Hello!
Replies: 3
Views: 17216

Re: Hello!

There have been a lot of bots around recently, and you have proven that you are not one of them. Congratulations! Just something to keep in mind, a springtime visit will generally limit your hiking to lower elevations and shorter trails. You won't be hiking high in the Cascades unless you are on sno...