I spent a few days camping and exploring in the “The Land of the Grasshopper Song” while reading this spectacular true -tale by Mary Arnold & Mabel Reed. The book is their journal account of coming to the Klamath & Salmon Rivers country to become Govt. Field Matrons in 1908. Swimming the creeks, exploring the … More This is Quiet, Wild, Magical country, even Mary&Mabel say so.

With wildfire being so prolific these past few summers I decided to create a Wild Fire while Camping Decision Flow Chart. Let me know what you think.

Reflection ~ as we roll into August ~  of camping since April

Yesterday I went Eye Rock to see what I could see….  Smoke in every direction!  These are the pictures I took from on top of this little rock promontory; looking North, South, West and East. The heavy smoke in the North blanketing the Klamath & Salmon Rivers country is coming from fires in Southern Oregon. … More Smoke in every direction

Although the devastating Carr fire in Shasta County is receiving all the press (rightly so) there are two other wildfires effecting camping in the Klamaths, mainly the smoke. Hand lines, dozer lines, food lines, phone lines, hose lays, burn outs, spike outs, look outs, recon, crown fires, evacuation, structure protection, resource destruction, in the black…Wildfire! … More WILDFIRE

I’ll be heading to Salmon River country on Monday 7/9.  My Dad had a nearly fanatical love for public land. I do too! It’s ours peeps, use it or we may lose it! (Sadly this is happening right now with our current political administration)!

July 4, 2018 In the past week of “nature bathing” I had one event that stood like towering a tree above the all others; pitching my tent in the secret camp spot of camping extraordinaire “Otter”. Otter had sought the “perfect” camp location for years she told me, as we dipped in the river and … More Nature Bathing

Leaving tomorrow for the South Fork Trinity…. and places beyond. I’ll be back next week for a day or two and then off again… Here’s your assignment while I’m away: Spend at least 6 collective hours OUTDOORS in the next seven days and share your FAVORITE experience or picture here!  Have Fun! Love you all.

June 23 2018 I went to the mountains. Left the familiarity of the coast, went east. I went through burnt forests, crossed serpentine ridges, splashed in a creek or two. I gazed at the swallowtails feeding on flowers, remarked at the conifers, breathed. Deep down I just sort of knew I was looking for something.  … More When I grow up I want to be just like Alice