September 12, 2018 “I want to see what’s down there,” I said to Mike, in response to his question about what I wanted to do today. “It looks interesting, and with any luck, we can make it all the way to the confluence.” “Ok then, let’s do it!” …
Thursday, May 17, 2018 No rain fell through the night. Frequent awakenings revealed a patchwork sky of clouds through the open rain fly, drifting slowly across the blue black universe and a billion points of light. In the predawn we sipped our coffee, meditated into the fire and …
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Wednesday, May 16, 2018 We began our hike at 7:35 a.m. “Same as yesterday,” I thought to myself. “Who needs a watch when one’s internal rhythms are so perfectly timed.” A half hour into our hike I was startled by a bird I had flushed off the ground …
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Tuesday, May 15, 2018 There are owls along the ledges and in small caves that dot the canyon cliff walls. During the night their soft hooting ushers us back to sleep. A few times, when we awakened, the yips and howls of coyotes could be heard in the …
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Monday, May 14, 2018 We are camped at the end of a primitive road that has been paralleling a fence line for several miles. Both end at the rim of Twin Springs Gorge. We left the pavement at Rome, Oregon, heading due south along a series of unmarked, …
Big Antelope Creek is located in the far southeast corner of Oregon in Malheur County. The stream’s headwaters are on the south slope of Horse Hill, a short 16-1/2 miles from McDermitt, Nevada, as the crow flies, and near the headwaters of the West Little Owyhee. You’d have …
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