The Ridgefield Wildlife Refuge is less than an hour from where I live so it is possible for me to go there often. A four mile auto loop gives access to nature for anyone who is mobile. In fact all instructional signs ask you to stay in your automobile, to …
How well do you know the state of Oregon? Here is a geography test. Do you know the name of the highest hill in Oregon? Every resident of the state would know. But, would they know what the Native Americans called it? And what Lewis and Clark called it when …
The first day after retiring (again) and I was sleeping in. I didn’t have to get up at 4:30 to get ready for work. My usual day was to be on the road by 5:30, drive 63 miles (three gallons of gasoline) along with a bunch of other folks, and …
February 28, 2009: The first field trip of 2009 and the first field trip to Catherine Creek, located near Lyle, WA. To get there we traveled through the scenic Columbia River Gorge eastbound from Troutdale, OR, using I-84. The Gorge is common to us so the magnificent scenery tends to …
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 …