August 26, 2008: Finding Badger Creek Lake, located in the southeast corner of Hood River County, Oregon, and accessed off Highway 48 (White River snow park to Wamic) is not difficult. The lake is approximately 11.2 miles from the highway. Negotiating the access road is difficult without 4WD. The …
Recently I bought one of the SPOT (Satellite Personal Tracker) devices. It works with low orbit satellites and sends a GPS location to selected recipients. Essentially it has four buttons: an on/off switch, an OK button that allows tracking (where’s Waldo), a HELP button that allows prerecorded emails to …
July 25, 2008: The wildflowers of Mount Rainier beckoned to us but when we arrived snow was still on the ground. The trails around Paradise Lodge were sloppy with melting snow and footing was treacherous. After an initial foray we met a park ranger who explained that they had 80 …
Early spring (March) Marvin and I applied for a three day class on “Wildflowers of the Great Basin” offered by the Malheur Field Station (MFS) and taught by professor emeritus Karl Holte. No acknowledgment was received from MFS but our check cleared the bank so we assumed we were in …
May 21, 2008: We were planning to go fishing at Chickahominy Reservoir, tucked into the high desert country in the northwest corner of Harney County, OR, about 30 miles west of Burns, just off highway 20. The terrain is mostly volcanic rocks with sagebrush and juniper for greenery. The lake …