Muldoon Divide

A day hike up to the Muldoon Divide above Fishpole and Iron Bog Lakes. From sun to rain to sun to rain again. Exactly what we needed.

Muldoon Canyon Wildflowers

Didn't take long...

We ran over this guy.



Luckily we were prepared. Spare tire, tire iron, jack, cold beer, lookout dog.

The Amazing Light of Copper Basin

Copper Basin is east of Ketchum in Idaho's Pioneer Range. These were all taken on the same day. What a great place.

Jarbidge Wilderness, Nevada

Day One of the Dirty Thirty trip began in the desert of northern Nevada. We camped just outside the Jarbidge Wilderness, which I will definitely be exploring more sometime in the future--preferably after a particularly wet winter.






Ah, vacation.





Rounding a corner on the Jarbidge road we came across these things. They were in a hurry to get somewhere. The video sucks but you get the idea.

R.I.P. 1997 Ford Ranger

Ten years. Ten states. Two Countries. 171741 total miles. After driving and living in The Truck for most of my driving life, it is now the property of some guy named Martin.

That thing has taken me everywhere. (I wish I knew how many of those 171741 miles were dirt road miles. Or how many nights I've slept either in that truck or right next to it.) Other than Dora it is the one thing that most people I know or have known associate with me. Hate to be sentimental about a car, but hey, it isn't a car, it is a truck, and it was a good one.

By the way, 171741 total miles equals out to about 47 miles a day for the past ten years. Put that in your carbon footprint calculators. Wow.

F.O.R. Staff Float Trip - Lower Sacramento River

When the Cat's Away...

Driving Home...

...the long way (of course). Down the Klamath River to Martin's Ferry Bridge. Up the backroad into Redwood National Park. Down to the 101 and the coast. Trinidad. Arcata. Big Trees. The Eel River. Clear Lake. Cache Creek. Home.

Karuk Regalia

This is a terrible picture but a picture nonetheless of some of the more basic regalia used in Karuk dances. This one is from a presentation that Cathy McCovey of the Karuk gave us on the traditional uses of numerous plants found in along the Klamath River and environs. (There are a few better shots of Karuk and Hupa regalia on the Omaha pages--click on the "Klamath" tag from the list on the right side of the homepage.)