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Trinity River, 2018

Sometimes life gets busy.  Well, maybe it is busy more than it isn’t.  Anyhow, it leaves you wondering how you really get away from it all on what could be a hectic 3 day (Memorial Day) weekend.  Are you going to end up “getting away from it all” with 10,000 of your closest friends at the nearest lake?  Or maybe just stay home and avoid the crowds?  Or is there a place you can go, float over 40 miles of river and have your pick of campsites, and hardly see a soul?  Why yes, there is such a place.

 

There are occasions where you might ask if you should just stay home.  In those times I usually am reminded of one of my favorite passages by John Muir.

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From Summer to Fall, 2017

Well, somehow summer has passed and here we are in fall.  There were fewer trips and more work days than I would have preferred.  It was a heck of a fire and smoke season in Oregon this year.  Oh and there was this eclipse thing.

Eclipse over Sisters Oregon (dark at 10 am)

Smoke over Horse Prairie Fire

Even when we got back to fishing there was plenty of smoke and fire action to be had.

Smoke over Odell

 

Scooper on Odell headed for the Kelsey Fire

 

Smokey makes an appearance in the smoke over the Horse Prairie Fire

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Grande Ronde, 2017

The Grande Ronde was the last in the string of spring and early summer overnight floats on the calendar.  Located in far northeastern Oregon it’s a bit of a drive to get to but well worth if for the scenery and great floating.  The flows had been running high all spring and they didn’t come down enough to provide for any good fishing for this trip, but that was the overall theme for most of the trips this year.  With high flows the trip was short each day on the water, with 2 to 3 hours being enough to get you to the next camp.

 

Grande Ronde

 

As always the scenery was spectacular.

 

 

 

 

The most plentiful wildlife seemed to be swallowtail butterflies which were out in droves.

 

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