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| BNMac | profile | all galleries >> Vacations & Trips >> A birthday trip to Summer Lake & Paisley, Lakeview area, Sept 2022 | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
 Prepwork - all clean, filled and ready to go! |
 Ready to go? |
 1st half of Laughing Bean breakfast (at lunch!) |
 1st half of Laughing Bean breakfast (at lunch!) |
 Feet up, sunning, ah, what a life! |
 First geocache - and it's a nice one! |
 Let's go to Summer Lake Hot Springs! |
 Fortunately |
 2nd half of Laughing Bean Breakfast (for breakfast this time!) |
 Breakfast view |
 Coffee.... |
 Summer Lake Hot Springs |
 Summer Lake Hot Springs |
 Summer Lake Hot Springs |
 Summer Lake Hot Springs |
 Summer Lake Hot Springs |
 Summer Lake Hot Springs |
 Summer Lake Hot Springs |
 Summer Lake Hot Springs |
 Summer Lake Hot Springs |
 Summer Lake Hot Springs - 1st night parking spot |
 Summer Lake Hot Springs |
 Look ma, no pants! |
 Burn |
 Ah.... N found her heart! (Quakie leaf) |
 Jones Crossing |
 Jones Crossing |
 Jones Crossing |
 Jones Crossing - Interesting cache container - we added an internal container & log |
 The Lovely N! |
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 B enjoying the sun! |
 Area views |
 Area views |
 Area views |
 Jones Crossing - see the fisherwoman? |
 New deck after the fires |
 Chewaucan River |
 Chewaucan River |
 Chewaucan River |
 Cows on the run! |
 Hundreds, fast trot, some running |
 Cows on the move |
 Milking time? |
 Cows... |
 On the run! |
 Another cache locataion |
 B grew up in the high desert... ah, the memories! |
 N found some of her marbles.... |
 Elder Creek |
 Inviting! |
 But the water was verrrrry cool! |
 Up the creek! |
 N looking for the cache |
 Looking back at the Sunseeker |
 Low water crossing |
 Views under the bridge |
 Views under the bridge |
 Elder creek |
 Reflections |
 Sunny! |
 Yep, there it is! |
 Another cache |
 The road was paved all the way from Paisley to Lakeview - nice rolling! |
 Burn |
 White shale revealed after burn cleared the brush |
 White shale/black trunks contrast |
 3rd view |
 The huge town of Lakeview (But where's the lake?) |
 Storefront |
 Storefront |
 Storefront |
 Remember those? |
 Cache location |
 Cache container |
 What a dam nice view! (Yes, that's the name of the cache!) |
 Flood control - South view |
 North view |
 Yep, there's the cache! |
 Lake-View |
 That "lake" is the water treatment plant - Goose Lake is way further south! |
 Climbed 800' in just under 2 miles - Lookin W |
 Looking NW |
 Cache location |
 Yes, we took the Sunseeker up there! |
 At the saddle - Descent was super easy with GM's grade braking! |
 Old horse drawn road grader - Never found the micro cache... |
 Accidental shot - Look ma, no pants! |
 Welcome to Lakevew |
 Lake Abert - looking SW |
 WSW |
 WNW |
 NW |
 One of 3 markers |
 2nd marker |
 3rd marker |
 Finally found the micro cache, marked as a regular. Cache is under this rock! |
 Replaced with regular, left micro in regular |
 Another pic/hint of the very nearby cache location - GC1DGJT - It's all John's fault |
 Back at Summer Lake Hot Springs - West tubs |
 Occupied west tubs |
 More views of the pool - after Sunday nite cleaning |
 Nice! |
 Better temp than Saturday's soak |
 Nice morning! |
 Views |
 Looooooong legs! |
 2nd night spot |
 Next to a nice coach! |
 But we wouldn't be able to go where we go with something like that! |
 Fort Rock |
 Pictures |
 Fort Rock - we'd passed by here many times, but finally make the stop |
 Navigation |
 Shade cover art |
 Art |
 Here's |
 Your |
 Sign! |
 And the only bronze left |
 Desert hiking gear! |
 Off to get info/pics for EarthCache & Virtual |
 Water erosion |
 Way up there! |
 Hey, look up! |
 Dropping back down |
 Someone else just had to have the bronze sign |
 History |
 Some of the signs describing the constallations |
 Signs |
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 More history |
 Final view from parking area - Note the multiple levels of water erosion from the lake that used to be here... |
 Views |
 Cemetery |
 Nearby |
 That holds a cache |
 The cache! |
 Departing views |
 Departing views |
 Departing views |
 My favorite shot of Fort Rock! |
 Dinner in Sisters |
 Parking spot |
 For our lovely friends who married here 39 years ago... |
 And had a renewing of vows at 25 years! This was a state park. |
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