Oregon Hikers

Thought about that. Figured the drive would be more trouble than it was worth. Maybe should have taken my bike out. You know, from Irvington. Would have laughed if I ran into you there. By the way, I wasn't even alive in 1963.

Kudos to Don for finding one in a tree. Imagine how many must be out there, but mostly too high to see.

a couple more Railcar Bridge reports:

If you're going to take a longish drive for the express purpose of stealing a vehicle, it's better to make the drive to Portland. Cops won't bother you here.

Western gorge, WA side. Spotty snow around 2200', consistent at 2600', deep above 2800'.

I keep finding these. I don't mean this particular model.

Yep, I was there Jan 1, because wanted something close and snow-free.
The creeks are raging!
And indeed, much less mud than expected.
But swarming with people around nooninsh. I arrived unusually late for me, about 8, and had some peace for a few hours.

In the middle of the last decade, we observed an explosion in the OR/WA tick population, especially in the gorge. It's not just that we had 2 or 3 times the normal number of ticks; it was biblical swarms of ticks, for years. But I don't hear any talk of it anymore. Are we back to normal? I don't mea...

Umm, my mind is blown, if that's Larch. It doesn't seem possible. But okay, next time I see it, I'll try to trick my eyes [perhaps polluted by decades of misunderstanding] to see it that way. Assuming Adam is right, what a fun experience to realize a mystery point that I've wondered about for so man...

My topic title is ridiculously vague, and my picture below is terrible, but if you live (or spend considerable time ) anywhere in the Portland area, even as far away as Washougal, and if you're even moderately observant, you might look at my picture and say " oh yeah, I know what Chip's asking about...