Exploring

Grande Ronde River, 2019

As the snowmelt pours off the Oregon mountains each spring it becomes prime time to find yourself on a river or two. We found ourselves on the Wallowa and Grande Ronde in June. The Wallowa was still ice cold and made for an eye opening early morning launch. It was a grey day with a few sprinkles, which didn’t warm us up either. Isn’t the eastern half of Oregon supposed to be dry and warm in June? Ah well. We were off and covering miles, down the Wallowa to the Grande Ronde.

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Spring, 2019, A Reservoir, A River and High Mountain Lakes

The end of May and first part of June have been a bit of a whirlwind. The weather turns nice this time of year, and there are a lot more options of places to see and things to do. The last few weeks we’ve had the opportunity to enjoy a variety of nice water, including a trip to a reservoir, a wild and scenic river and a couple nice high mountain lakes.

The Reservoir

We tried to go to Prineville Reservoir last year when we heard of epic crappie catches. Then the water dropped too low and we just didn’t make it in time. This year we hit it at full pool and the crappie bite was still on. They were delicious.

Stormy on Prineville Reservoir
Camp on the Crooked River below Prineville Reservoir
Bucket of Crappie (one of three)
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Sunshine Coast, B.C., 2019, Part 2

First thing in the morning we were headed for the ferry. If we missed the first one, our day would be spent waiting for the next one instead of exploring. It turned out we were the 3rd in line and it didn’t fill, better safe than sorry I suppose. It was a scenic ride from Earls Cove to Saltery Bay.

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