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 …
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 …
February 11, 2008: The day promised clear skies, temperature above 50 degrees and no wind so we elected to take the first field trip of the new year and drive to Catherine Creek located off Highway 14 near Lyle, WA. The promise delivered. On the trails below the highway we …
November 2, 2007, Hamilton Mountain, Skamania County, WA: Margo and I hiked this trail June 2, 1969. She wrote in the margin of our “100 Oregon Hiking Trails” (by Don and Roberta Lowe) “good hike, steep trail, 2 1/2 hours up, 2 hours down”. In those days, before children (BC), …
October 3, 2007: Forest Service Road 46, Detroit, Marion County, OR: Sometimes when I’m in Salem on business I take a detour on the way home and drive up the Santiam Highway to Detroit, then take Forest Service road 46 north to State Highway 224 and Estacada. It’s about seventy …