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NEW OUTDOORS - A hot day for a walk in Pioneer Park -
A yellow-and-black swallowtail butterfly fluttered past with erratic roller-coaster dips and dives at Pioneer Park.It flitted in and out of my view through the camera lens from deep shade to shimmering sunlight.I squinted with one eye to track its flight ...
A yellow-and-black swallowtail butterfly fluttered past with erratic roller-coaster dips and dives at Pioneer Park.It flitted in and out of my view through the camera lens from deep shade to shimmering sunlight.I squinted with one eye to track its flight ...
OUTDOORS - Unleased at Anthony Lake -
I donned the daypack, attached two cameras to a Cotton Carrier harness, gripped the bamboo walking stick and tramped along the Anthony Lake shore behind Nora the Schnauzer.She carried her pack with water and snacks.A soft mid-day breeze that cooled my rud...
I donned the daypack, attached two cameras to a Cotton Carrier harness, gripped the bamboo walking stick and tramped along the Anthony Lake shore behind Nora the Schnauzer.She carried her pack with water and snacks.A soft mid-day breeze that cooled my rud...
An old stash of wooly buggers saves the day at Black Mountain Pond -
I bent over the fishing vest that lay spread out in the back of the wagon.“Darn,” I whispered.I pinched the tippet on the fly-line leader between thumb and forefinger.“Well, darn,” I added and looked over my shoulder.My wife Darlene and Nora the Schnauzer...
I bent over the fishing vest that lay spread out in the back of the wagon.“Darn,” I whispered.I pinched the tippet on the fly-line leader between thumb and forefinger.“Well, darn,” I added and looked over my shoulder.My wife Darlene and Nora the Schnauzer...
OUTDOORS - Don Davis sees the view from above Wallowa Lake -
Finally, after way too many procrastinations, I swayed up Mount Howard on the Wallowa Lake Tramway in the crispness of a spring morning.I should have taken snowshoes. I usually go in the fall, after all, long after the thaw.Either way, views from the summ...
Finally, after way too many procrastinations, I swayed up Mount Howard on the Wallowa Lake Tramway in the crispness of a spring morning.I should have taken snowshoes. I usually go in the fall, after all, long after the thaw.Either way, views from the summ...
OUTDOORS - Worms and rain don't damper Don and Nora's spirits at Pittsburg Landing -
I groaned to sit up on the Therm-a-Rest mattress. With my legs through the door, I pulled on my pants and boots.“Ohhhh!”I crawled from the tent and staggered to my feet. Nora the Schnauzer passed me, stretched mightily and shook so hard three of her feet ...
I groaned to sit up on the Therm-a-Rest mattress. With my legs through the door, I pulled on my pants and boots.“Ohhhh!”I crawled from the tent and staggered to my feet. Nora the Schnauzer passed me, stretched mightily and shook so hard three of her feet ...
OUTDOORS - Seeing red foxes in adventures across the region -
Until this spring I can recall seeing a red fox twice in the past many years.One ran across the road in front of my pickup once near Union, Ore.Another time, one stood out in a pasture as I drove between Baker City and Haines, Ore.So, in April I thoroughl...
Until this spring I can recall seeing a red fox twice in the past many years.One ran across the road in front of my pickup once near Union, Ore.Another time, one stood out in a pasture as I drove between Baker City and Haines, Ore.So, in April I thoroughl...
OUTDOORS - For Don Davis, snow means: Drat-drat. And drat -
NOTE: Part 2 of this report from Eastern Oregon appeared in this space last week. Well, drat.Drat-drat.And drat.A snowdrift blocked the two-track trail.Bill DeLong walked away from his ATV to study it. I followed, frown in place.Ears flapping, Nora the Sc...
NOTE: Part 2 of this report from Eastern Oregon appeared in this space last week. Well, drat.Drat-drat.And drat.A snowdrift blocked the two-track trail.Bill DeLong walked away from his ATV to study it. I followed, frown in place.Ears flapping, Nora the Sc...
Heavy rains close Wallowa Mountain Loop Road -
BAKER CITY, Ore. — Due to heavy rains, Forest Road 39, known as Wallowa Mountain Loop Road, a popular summer route between Halfway and Joseph, was closed late last week by flooding in North Pine Creek.A Wallowa-Whitman engineer flew the route on Saturday ...
BAKER CITY, Ore. — Due to heavy rains, Forest Road 39, known as Wallowa Mountain Loop Road, a popular summer route between Halfway and Joseph, was closed late last week by flooding in North Pine Creek.A Wallowa-Whitman engineer flew the route on Saturday ...
Take road once traveled through Eastern Oregon -
NOTE: Part 1 of this report about a foray into Eastern Oregon appeared in this space last Wednesday.Bill and Jewell DeLong met Nora the Schnauzer and me when we pulled into their driveway at Vale, Ore., on a recent damp and blustery Tuesday morning.“I hav...
NOTE: Part 1 of this report about a foray into Eastern Oregon appeared in this space last Wednesday.Bill and Jewell DeLong met Nora the Schnauzer and me when we pulled into their driveway at Vale, Ore., on a recent damp and blustery Tuesday morning.“I hav...
OUTDOORS - Don Davis sees a familiar face in the water near Vale, Ore. -
Nora and I arrived at Bully Creek Park/Reservoir, near Vale, Ore., in the mid-afternoon on a 52-degree, cloudy and windy Monday.Half-a-dozen Townsend’s ground squirrels greeted us at campsite No. 3. They skittered every which way and ducked into nearby ho...
Nora and I arrived at Bully Creek Park/Reservoir, near Vale, Ore., in the mid-afternoon on a 52-degree, cloudy and windy Monday.Half-a-dozen Townsend’s ground squirrels greeted us at campsite No. 3. They skittered every which way and ducked into nearby ho...
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