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Fly Fishing for Trout in the Creeks of the Cascades

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The summer of 2020 has pushed people to be outside. This is great! People should spend more time outside. For those of us who crave solitude in the outdoors, however, we have to

Photos From Horse Butte

4 years ago 2 min read Pinhole Photography central oregon horse butte

Horse Butte is a small red cinder cone a mile from my house. There is a trailhead there, otherwise, it would just be another one of dozens (hundreds?) of buttes that pop up from the ground for miles to the south and east of the Cascade Mountains in Central Oregon.

Pinhole

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First experiments in pinhole photography.

Sun and snow at the same time in Central Oregon, spring.

The Mean Spring

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Spring in Central Oregon is untamed, unfriendly, and moody. Not just wild but downright grumpy.

Sunrise is the Drug

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With strokes of luck and intuition, RK and I ended up in the perfect place. We can observe the Milky Way in the night sky with owls and coyotes as the soundtrack. The forest is just down the street,