Gray Butte Loop… Looking for a dry hike, and it doesn’t get much drier than Smith Rock’s back-country. The day before, we tagged the summit of Squaw Rock, camped in the hills and started this hike at 7:00 Sunday morning.…

Squaw Rock… Always a fun short adventure climb. Haven’t been for a few years, so Saturday took our “new to us” camper van to the Crooked River National Grasslands area, behind Smith Rock State Park. We found a nice level…

Three Pyramids… Well, I cannot tell a lie, we only tagged two Pyramids, the North summit and the Middle summit. Next time we’ll get all three…gotta wait for a longer day. Wet and foggy day. Had a couple brief views…

Malheur Cave Clean-Up… Deb and I were asked if we’d be interested in volunteering to help clean graffiti off the walls of the inside of a cave…they said it may involve kayaking on an underground lake, over a half mile…