Deschutes River November 2018
Posted: December 22nd, 2018, 9:20 am
A month ago I went from Mack Canyon, 23 miles from Columbia River. I walked about 8 miles.
There are a lot of places where it burned last summer. Also places that burned previously. Actually, if anything the "trail" is easier now because the brush has burned away.
Lots of burned areas. You can see where there used to be a wooden outhouse but all that remains is the base:
I brought my folding saw. I squeezed around that bush and sliced up my jacket and pants on the barbed wire fence, so I cut off the branches so as not to repeat on the way back. The "trail" is now pretty straightforward. The first 5 miles includes detouring around a number of trestles which are much easier now that the brush has burned off:
The trail follows along an old railroad bed. The fire burned a bunch of the old wooden ties which will eventually make it easier to walk:
There are a lot of places where it burned last summer. Also places that burned previously. Actually, if anything the "trail" is easier now because the brush has burned away.
Lots of burned areas. You can see where there used to be a wooden outhouse but all that remains is the base:
I brought my folding saw. I squeezed around that bush and sliced up my jacket and pants on the barbed wire fence, so I cut off the branches so as not to repeat on the way back. The "trail" is now pretty straightforward. The first 5 miles includes detouring around a number of trestles which are much easier now that the brush has burned off:
The trail follows along an old railroad bed. The fire burned a bunch of the old wooden ties which will eventually make it easier to walk: