Owyhee Uplands, 2020, Part 2

Following day 2, we were up on the morning of day 3 on the road to the sound of songbirds. We lingered over some coffee and then headed south along the byway. We had a hike we really wanted to get to way upstream on the Owyhee. I wasn’t to sure about fitting it in since it was so far out, but after reviewing the maps we ran across the road past Crutcher Crossing then up the other side of the Owyhee would get us there. Or so I thought. We had an entire day of exploration to get to where we might take off for a hike. Plenty of time even if the road was slow going. It started out beautiful, full of wildflowers and absent of people.

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Glass Buttes, 2020

I guess three years has somehow passed since our last trip to Glass Buttes. It seems like yesterday. How time flies. As meteorological spring started on March 1 (astronomical spring is right around the corner) it was high time to get the camper on the truck and get out on our first trip, and Glass Buttes seemed like as good a spot as any for an inaugural 2020 trip.

We arrived as it was getting dark on Friday but found a nice quiet spot and settled in for the night. It wasn’t long until the coyotes sang a welcome. We woke up to fresh snow on Saturday just as you would expect from spring weather. There were also some sagebrush buttercups blooming.

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