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Hat Point trip (overlooking Hells Canyon at it's deepest point) Sept 2020

1100 miles not including the walking portions.
Mountain Locator
Mountain Locator		 Mountain Locator
Mountain Locator		 Condon - First night
Condon - First night
Condon - First night
Condon - First night		 Condon - First night
Condon - First night		 Condon - First night
Condon - First night
Condon - First night
Condon - First night		 Condon - First night
Condon - First night		 Condon - First night
Condon - First night
Condon - First night
Condon - First night		 Condon - First night
Condon - First night		 Condon - Next Morning
Condon - Next Morning
Condon - Look ma, no pants!
Condon - Look ma, no pants!		 Condon - Next Morning
Condon - Next Morning		 Condon - Next Morning
Condon - Next Morning
Condon - Next Morning
Condon - Next Morning		 Condon - Next Morning
Condon - Next Morning		 Condon - Next Morning
Condon - Next Morning
Julia Henderson Pioneer Park that is near MP 70 on highway 19 in Wheeler County Oregon
Julia Henderson Pioneer Park that is near MP 70 on highway 19 in Wheeler County Oregon		 Julia Henderson Pioneer Park that is near MP 70 on highway 19 in Wheeler County Oregon
Julia Henderson Pioneer Park that is near MP 70 on highway 19 in Wheeler County Oregon		 West of Ukiah - Second night
West of Ukiah - Second night
West of Ukiah - Second night
West of Ukiah - Second night		 West of Ukiah - Second night
West of Ukiah - Second night		 West of Ukiah - Second night
West of Ukiah - Second night
Aspen fences to keep deer from eating the shoots
Aspen fences to keep deer from eating the shoots		 Aspen fences to keep deer from eating the shoots
Aspen fences to keep deer from eating the shoots		 Aspen fences to keep deer from eating the shoots
Aspen fences to keep deer from eating the shoots
Aspen fences to keep deer from eating the shoots
Aspen fences to keep deer from eating the shoots		 Aspen fences to keep deer from eating the shoots
Aspen fences to keep deer from eating the shoots		 Aspen fences to keep deer from eating the shoots
Aspen fences to keep deer from eating the shoots
West of Ukiah - Second night
West of Ukiah - Second night		 Ukiah - Rhodes Supply for all your ice Cream Needs
Ukiah - Rhodes Supply for all your ice Cream Needs		 Minam where the Minam and Wallowa River merge
Minam where the Minam and Wallowa River merge
Minam where the Minam and Wallowa River merge
Minam where the Minam and Wallowa River merge		 Minam where the Minam and Wallowa River merge
Minam where the Minam and Wallowa River merge		 Minam where the Minam and Wallowa River merge
Minam where the Minam and Wallowa River merge
Minam where the Minam and Wallowa River merge
Minam where the Minam and Wallowa River merge		 Minam where the Minam and Wallowa River merge
Minam where the Minam and Wallowa River merge		 Minam where the Minam and Wallowa River merge
Minam where the Minam and Wallowa River merge
Between Enterprise and Joseph
Between Enterprise and Joseph		 Between Enterprise and Joseph
Between Enterprise and Joseph		 Between Enterprise and Joseph
Between Enterprise and Joseph
Between Enterprise and Joseph
Between Enterprise and Joseph		 Between Enterprise and Joseph
Between Enterprise and Joseph		 Between Enterprise and Joseph
Between Enterprise and Joseph
Between Enterprise and Joseph
Between Enterprise and Joseph		 Between Enterprise and Joseph
Between Enterprise and Joseph		 Between Enterprise and Joseph
Between Enterprise and Joseph
Between Enterprise and Joseph
Between Enterprise and Joseph		 Between Enterprise and Joseph
Between Enterprise and Joseph		 Between Enterprise and Joseph
Between Enterprise and Joseph
Between Enterprise and Joseph
Between Enterprise and Joseph		 Between Enterprise and Joseph
Between Enterprise and Joseph		 Between Enterprise and Joseph
Between Enterprise and Joseph
Between Enterprise and Joseph
Between Enterprise and Joseph		 Between Enterprise and Joseph
Between Enterprise and Joseph		 Wallowa - Melincko's Areo Cafe - Display of Gunny's war memorial items (Gunny was our neighbor)
Wallowa - Melincko's Areo Cafe - Display of Gunny's war memorial items (Gunny was our neighbor)
Wallowa - Melincko's Areo Cafe - Display of Gunny's war memorial items (Gunny was our neighbor)
Wallowa - Melincko's Areo Cafe - Display of Gunny's war memorial items (Gunny was our neighbor)		 Wallowa - Melincko's Areo Cafe - Display of Gunny's war memorial items (Gunny was our neighbor)
Wallowa - Melincko's Areo Cafe - Display of Gunny's war memorial items (Gunny was our neighbor)		 Wallowa - Melincko's Areo Cafe - Display of Gunny's war memorial items (Gunny was our neighbor)
Wallowa - Melincko's Areo Cafe - Display of Gunny's war memorial items (Gunny was our neighbor)
Wallowa - Melincko's Areo Cafe - Display of Gunny's war memorial items (Gunny was our neighbor)
Wallowa - Melincko's Areo Cafe - Display of Gunny's war memorial items (Gunny was our neighbor)		 Wallowa - Melincko's Areo Cafe - Display of Gunny's war memorial items (Gunny was our neighbor)
Wallowa - Melincko's Areo Cafe - Display of Gunny's war memorial items (Gunny was our neighbor)		 Wallowa - Melincko's Areo Cafe - Display of Gunny's war memorial items
Wallowa - Melincko's Areo Cafe - Display of Gunny's war memorial items
Wallowa - Melincko's Areo Cafe - Display of Gunny's war memorial items
Wallowa - Melincko's Areo Cafe - Display of Gunny's war memorial items 		Wallowa - Melincko's Areo Cafe - Display of Gunny's war memorial items
Wallowa - Melincko's Areo Cafe - Display of Gunny's war memorial items 		The great and wonderful Laureano Mier
The great and wonderful Laureano Mier
Laureano Mier, Bruce, Nancy, and Steve
Laureano Mier, Bruce, Nancy, and Steve		 Laureano Mier, Bruce, Nancy, and Steve
Laureano Mier, Bruce, Nancy, and Steve		 WBNPTIC - The Homeland Project
WBNPTIC - The Homeland Project
WBNPTIC - The Homeland Project
WBNPTIC - The Homeland Project		 WBNPTIC - The Homeland Project
WBNPTIC - The Homeland Project		 WBNPTIC - The Homeland Project
WBNPTIC - The Homeland Project
Wallowa Cemetery
Wallowa Cemetery		 Wallowa Cemetery
Wallowa Cemetery		 Geocaching feet
Geocaching feet
Wallowa Cemetery
Wallowa Cemetery		 Wallowa Cemetery
Wallowa Cemetery		 Wallowa Cemetery
Wallowa Cemetery
Wallowa Cemetery
Wallowa Cemetery		 Wallowa Area
Wallowa Area		 Wallowa Area
Wallowa Area
Napp cache
Napp cache		 Wallowa Area
Wallowa Area		 Wallowa Area
Wallowa Area
Wallowa Area
Wallowa Area		 Wallowa Area
Wallowa Area		 Wallowa Area
Wallowa Area
Headed to Imnaha
Headed to Imnaha		 Headed to Imnaha
Headed to Imnaha		 Headed to Hat Point - 16% grade
Headed to Hat Point - 16% grade
Headed to Hat Point - 16% grade
Headed to Hat Point - 16% grade		 Headed to Hat Point
Headed to Hat Point		 Headed to Hat Point
Headed to Hat Point
Headed to Hat Point
Headed to Hat Point		 Headed to Hat Point
Headed to Hat Point		 Headed to Hat Point
Headed to Hat Point
Headed to Hat Point
Headed to Hat Point		 Headed to Hat Point
Headed to Hat Point		 Headed to Hat Point
Headed to Hat Point
Wallowa Mountains - The Little Alps
Wallowa Mountains - "The Little Alps"		 Wallowa Mountains - The Little Alps
Wallowa Mountains - "The Little Alps"		 Wallowa Mountains - The Little Alps
Wallowa Mountains - "The Little Alps"
Wallowa Mountains - The Little Alps
Wallowa Mountains - "The Little Alps"		 Wallowa Mountains - The Little Alps
Wallowa Mountains - "The Little Alps"		 Granny's View
Granny's View
Cache
Cache		 Granny's View
Granny's View		 Granny's View
Granny's View
Looking down at the valley
Looking down at the valley		 Granny's View
Granny's View		 Granny's View
Granny's View
Granny's View
Granny's View		 Granny's View
Granny's View		 Restoring cache
Restoring cache
Shadow
Shadow		 Look ma, no pants!
Look ma, no pants!		 Shadow
Shadow
Look at those topo lines - Steep country
Look at those topo lines - Steep country		 Wallowa Mountains
Wallowa Mountains		 Wallowa Mountains
Wallowa Mountains
Aspen - quakies
Aspen - quakies		 Wallowa Mountains
Wallowa Mountains		 Looking down at valley floor near Imnaha
Looking down at valley floor near Imnaha
Wallowa Mountains
Wallowa Mountains		 Wallowa Mountains
Wallowa Mountains		 Wallowa Mountains
Wallowa Mountains
Granny's overlook
Granny's overlook		 Wallowa Mountains
Wallowa Mountains		 Wallowa Mountains
Wallowa Mountains
Old rocks
Old rocks		 Wallowa Mountains
Wallowa Mountains		 Wallowa Mountains
Wallowa Mountains
Fluff ball
Fluff ball		 Fluff ball
Fluff ball		 Wallowa Mountains
Wallowa Mountains
Wallowa Mountains
Wallowa Mountains		 Flower
Flower		 Flower
Flower
Trail map of Granny's View
Trail map of Granny's View		 Granny's View
Granny's View		 Granny's View
Granny's View
Granny's View
Granny's View		 Granny's View
Granny's View		 Granny's View
Granny's View
Here's your sign....
Here's your sign....		 Just like the inside of my head... Blank.
Just like the inside of my head... Blank.		 Hells Canyon Nat'l Recreation Area
Hells Canyon Nat'l Recreation Area
Scanning for deer - I wouldn't want to pack an animal out of there!
Scanning for deer - I wouldn't want to pack an animal out of there!		 Hells Canyon Nat'l Recreation Area
Hells Canyon Nat'l Recreation Area		 Wilderness
Wilderness
Hells Canyon Nat'l Recreation Area
Hells Canyon Nat'l Recreation Area		 Hells Canyon Nat'l Recreation Area
Hells Canyon Nat'l Recreation Area		 Hells Canyon Nat'l Recreation Area
Hells Canyon Nat'l Recreation Area
Hells Canyon Nat'l Recreation Area
Hells Canyon Nat'l Recreation Area		 Abandoned Forest Service structures
Abandoned Forest Service structures		 Abandoned Forest Service airstrip
Abandoned Forest Service airstrip
Abandoned Forest Service airstrip
Abandoned Forest Service airstrip		 Abandoned Forest Service airstrip
Abandoned Forest Service airstrip		 Stuff - it's been laying there for years
Stuff - it's been laying there for years
Elevation
Elevation		 Hat Point - Fire Lookout tower
Hat Point - Fire Lookout tower		 Hat Point - Fire Lookout tower
Hat Point - Fire Lookout tower
Hat Point - Fire Lookout tower
Hat Point - Fire Lookout tower		 Day Use Area... no camping here!
Day Use Area... no camping here!		 Info signs
Info signs
Info sIgns - Here's your sign....
Info sIgns - Here's your sign....		 Hat Point - Fire Lookout tower
Hat Point - Fire Lookout tower		 Hat Point
Hat Point
Hat Point
Hat Point		 Hat Point
Hat Point		 Hat Point
Hat Point
Hat Point
Hat Point		 Hat Point
Hat Point		 Hat Point
Hat Point
Lower observation platform - 93 steps to this point
Lower observation platform - 93 steps to this point		 Hells Canyon
Hells Canyon		 Hells Canyon
Hells Canyon
Hells Canyon
Hells Canyon		 First look at Snake River, over a mile below
First look at Snake River, over a mile below		 Snake River, over a mile below
Snake River, over a mile below
HatPoint-191.jpg
HatPoint-191.jpg		 HatPoint-192.jpg
HatPoint-192.jpg		 Hat Point
Hat Point
Hat Point
Hat Point		 Hat Point
Hat Point		 Early lookout tower - looks like FUN!
Early lookout tower - looks like FUN!
Hat Point
Hat Point		 Hat Point
Hat Point		 Cache at Hat Point
Cache at Hat Point
Cache at Hat Point
Cache at Hat Point		 Cache at Hat Point
Cache at Hat Point		 Hat Point
Hat Point
Snake River, over a mile below
Snake River, over a mile below		 Elevation 7000', River is 1250'.
Elevation 7000', River is 1250'.		 Let's climb this puppy!
Let's climb this puppy!
Hat Point
Hat Point		 Hat Point
Hat Point		 Hat Point
Hat Point
After 93 steps...
After 93 steps...		 Hat Point
Hat Point		 All made from OSB! (Oriented Strand Board)
All made from OSB! (Oriented Strand Board)
Hat Point
Hat Point		 Hat Point
Hat Point		 Visitor - We had quite the conversations with this lady over the next 2-3 hours
Visitor - We had quite the conversations with this lady over the next 2-3 hours
Looking down at Snowball (the GMC Canyon)
Looking down at Snowball (the GMC Canyon)		 Hat Point
Hat Point		 3 flights of ladders to final observation deck
3 flights of ladders to final observation deck
Is that a face I see in MY seat??
Is that a face I see in MY seat??		 Yep. The lovely N!
Yep. The lovely N!		 Taking our pictures!
Taking our pictures!
Hat Point
Hat Point		 Weather Station
Weather Station		 Waterfalls - that's a BIG rock just downstream
Waterfalls - that's a BIG rock just downstream
Snake River, over a mile below
Snake River, over a mile below		 GPS Elevation at top... Numbers don't jive.
GPS Elevation at top... Numbers don't jive.		 Hat Point
Hat Point
Hat Point
Hat Point		 Hat Point
Hat Point		 Hat Point
Hat Point
Snake River, over a mile below
Snake River, over a mile below		 Hat Point
Hat Point		 Jet boat on the Snake - We've been there, looking up!
Jet boat on the Snake - We've been there, looking up!
Jet boat on the Snake
Jet boat on the Snake		 Jet boat on the Snake
Jet boat on the Snake		 Jet boat on the Snake
Jet boat on the Snake
Jet boat on the Snake
Jet boat on the Snake		 More visitors - she liked my tropical shirt...
More visitors - she liked my tropical shirt...		 More visitors
More visitors
Jet boat on the Snake
Jet boat on the Snake		 Even more visitors
Even more visitors		 3 ladders to observation tower - we couldn't go beyond lower deck
3 ladders to observation tower - we couldn't go beyond lower deck
Hat Point
Hat Point		 Hat Point
Hat Point		 Hat Point
Hat Point
Hat Point
Hat Point		 Hat Point
Hat Point		 Hat Point
Hat Point
Old barbeque grills
Old barbeque grills		 Jet boat on the Snake
Jet boat on the Snake		 Jet boat on the Snake
Jet boat on the Snake
Jet boat on the Snake
Jet boat on the Snake		 Jet boat on the Snake
Jet boat on the Snake		 Jet boat on the Snake
Jet boat on the Snake
Jet boat on the Snake
Jet boat on the Snake		 Jet boat on the Snake
Jet boat on the Snake		 Knarled pines
Knarled pines
Here's your sign...
Here's your sign...		 Hat Point
Hat Point		 Fire direction/rangefinder
Fire direction/rangefinder
Knarled pines
Knarled pines		 Shadow
Shadow		 Hat Point
Hat Point
Hat Point
Hat Point		 More of that interesting pine
More of that interesting pine		 Hat Point
Hat Point
Hat Point
Hat Point		 Hat Point
Hat Point		 Daisies, I guess
Daisies, I guess
Hat Point
Hat Point		 Hat Point
Hat Point		 Pretty Posies
Pretty Posies
Parking lot, one of 3
Parking lot, one of 3		 Hat Point
Hat Point		 Look at the elevation...
Look at the elevation...
Yes, 16% grade!
Yes, 16% grade!		 Hat Point
Hat Point		 Heading back to Imnaha for Linner
Heading back to Imnaha for Linner
Wallowa Mountains
Wallowa Mountains		 Wallowa Mountains
Wallowa Mountains		 Wallowa Mountains
Wallowa Mountains
Wallowa Mountains
Wallowa Mountains		 Wallowa Mountains
Wallowa Mountains		 Wallowa Mountains - See the 16% grade road through the trees?
Wallowa Mountains - See the 16% grade road through the trees?
Wallowa Mountains
Wallowa Mountains		 Wallowa Mountains
Wallowa Mountains		 Wallowa Mountains
Wallowa Mountains
Wallowa Mountains
Wallowa Mountains		 Wallowa Mountains
Wallowa Mountains		 Wallowa Mountains
Wallowa Mountains
Wallowa Mountains
Wallowa Mountains		 Wallowa Mountains
Wallowa Mountains		 Wallowa Mountains
Wallowa Mountains
Wallowa Mountains
Wallowa Mountains		 Wallowa Mountains
Wallowa Mountains		 Other visitors heading down - this fella was 84, and he'd run circles around us. He had an ancient Samurai that smoked...
Other visitors heading down - this fella was 84, and he'd run circles around us. He had an ancient Samurai that smoked...
Wallowa Mountains
Wallowa Mountains		 Wallowa Mountains
Wallowa Mountains		 Wallowa Mountains
Wallowa Mountains
Wallowa Mountains
Wallowa Mountains		 Wallowa Mountains
Wallowa Mountains		 Wallowa Mountains
Wallowa Mountains
Wallowa Mountains
Wallowa Mountains		 16% grade road
16% grade road		 Wallowa Mountains
Wallowa Mountains
Wallowa Mountains
Wallowa Mountains		 Wallowa Mountains
Wallowa Mountains		 Wallowa Mountains
Wallowa Mountains
Yes, the camera is level.
Yes, the camera is level.		 16% grade road
16% grade road		 Wallowa Mountains
Wallowa Mountains
Cool those smokin' brakes, you still have a few miles to go!
Cool those smokin' brakes, you still have a few miles to go!		 Imnaha - Maintain one wolf apart!
Imnaha - Maintain one wolf apart!		 No kidding!
No kidding!
Dollar Bills on ceiling
Dollar Bills on ceiling		 Imnaha Store and Tavern
Imnaha Store and Tavern		 Get yer hat and tee shirt here!
Get yer hat and tee shirt here!
The lovely N...
The lovely N...		 Story of how Imnaha got its name
Story of how Imnaha got its name		 Imnaha Store and Tavern - Electric hammer
Imnaha Store and Tavern - Electric hammer
Rattler count for this year...
Rattler count for this year...		 Men's restroom - Copper!
Men's restroom - Copper!		 Men's restroom - Copper!
Men's restroom - Copper!
Ladie's restroom - Copper!
Ladie's restroom - Copper!		 Ladie's restroom - Copper!
Ladie's restroom - Copper!		 Rattler records - in inches
Rattler records - in inches
Imnaha Store and Tavern - it's the hoppingest place in town! (and the only place)
Imnaha Store and Tavern - it's the hoppingest place in town! (and the only place)		 Imnaha Cemetery
Imnaha Cemetery		 Imnaha Cemetery
Imnaha Cemetery
Heading back to Joesph
Heading back to Joesph		 Heading back to Joesph
Heading back to Joesph		 Heading back to Joesph
Heading back to Joesph
PLEASE!!!!! Any FUNCTIONING Adult for 2020.
PLEASE!!!!! Any FUNCTIONING Adult for 2020.		 Late in the day - Drive By Shootings
Late in the day - Drive By Shootings		 Late in the day
Late in the day
Late in the day
Late in the day		 Late in the day
Late in the day		 Late in the day
Late in the day
Late in the day
Late in the day		 Late in the day
Late in the day		 Late in the day
Late in the day
Late in the day
Late in the day		 Late in the day
Late in the day		 Another cemetery cache
Another cemetery cache
Dalton Point in the Gorge - ugly/very windy!
Dalton Point in the Gorge - ugly/very windy!		 Dalton Point in the Gorge - ugly/very windy!
Dalton Point in the Gorge - ugly/very windy!		 Dalton Point in the Gorge - ugly/very windy!
Dalton Point in the Gorge - ugly/very windy!
Ever seen a lady jogging down I84?
Ever seen a lady jogging down I84?		 We even chatted with her!
We even chatted with her!		 She was in the car two ahead, but...
She was in the car two ahead, but...
was chatting with the people in the car
was chatting with the people in the car		 next to us.
next to us.		 Tualatin - apocalypse now!
Tualatin - apocalypse now!
We walked up to the drive through window
We walked up to the drive through window		 at the fast food joint in Tualatin...
at the fast food joint in Tualatin...

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