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Winter Camping, 2022

Post author:Occidental
Post published:2022-03-18
Post category:Exploring Fishing Truck Camping
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Now that winter (meteorological winter) has passed it is time for a quick roundup of a few trips we were able to pull off in the last days of January and the month of February. It's been a goal to get out winter camping and in fact we hope to get in camping trips all 12 months this year. Ana Reservoir We had quite a long stretch of sunny warm weather. Why not go fishing?…

High in the Pines, 2021

Post author:Occidental
Post published:2021-07-29
Post category:Exploring Fishing
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We made a trip to Delintment Lake, high in the pines in eastern Oregon. There’s not much of a report. Casts were made, fish were caught, we sat back and enjoyed what we could see of the stars through the smoke. Mainly it was just good to get away. And in rejoicing about deciding to go, instead of to stay, I was reminded of a passage from John Muir.

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