Despite the wildfires, escape to a few backcountry hot springs was met with great success. Given that there’s never enough time during the summer to qualify all of the soaks on your list before old man winter shuts the proverbial access window with a mighty slam. Unfortunately, many wildfires are still raging with smoke continuing …
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Harnessing High Desert Awesomeness (part 3)
View Part 1 – View Part 2 Part 3 After the awesome dinner show, it was time for some hot coffee and journal notes. Post sunset was nice and warm, but cool enough to send the little buggars packing for the day. The wet spring has treated the insectoid realms well. I was so enveloped …
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Harnessing High Desert Awesomeness (part 2)
View Part 1 Part 2 Twenty some odd hot, dusty miles later I slowed the vehicle down, attempting to stir up as little dust as possible, before smiling and waving at a couple soaking in Willow Creek (Whitehorse) Hot Springs while the truck slowly crept past the pool into the BLM recreation site. It looked …
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Harnessing High Desert Awesomeness (part 1)
Part 1 I am back on the grid in Boise, perusing through journal entrees and photos taken from the last few days spent exploring and revisiting southeast Oregon’s high desert region. Long story short; it was hot, and freezing… I spent a great deal of time under the unwavering sun (overheated a couple times) and …
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Oregon Hot Springs Photos from One of the Legends
Tim and I have never had the pleasure of meeting in person (IRL), but have chatted via email and exchanged what any hot springer might – directions to secret soaks. Here’s pictures from some of his recent visits to hot springs in Oregon; Alvord, Willow Creek (Whitehorse Ranch) and Hidden in Plain Sight. 😉 A …
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On Steens Mountain Area Hot Springs
I was inspired by this blog post about southeast Oregon’s Steens Mountain area to go back and revisit past trips to hot springs in the same region. After realizing that none of my previous visits made it to the blog, aside from a post on Steens Mountain activism, I decided to post pictures, video clips …