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wildernessed
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Steve and I day hiked a section of the Babcock Bench area starting at the Ancient Lake / Pothole Coulee TH and continued along the Columbia River to behind the Gorge Amphitheater then down to a nice section of beach along the Columbia River. The weather actually improved for us overnight and we enjoyed sunshine and 60's for the trip. We saw some nice spots on the West side of the river which might make some nice trips next Spring as well as a looping option back to Dusty or Ancient Lake. Nice to get something squeezed in between weather systems.
 Someone carved a pumpkin near the jct. with the trail leading to Ancient Lake.  The Gorge  Babcock Bench_7075_edited-1  Babcock Bench_7023_edited-1  Cape Horn - West Bar Area  Looks more like a lake than a river.  Nice lunch spot  Hiking down to the sandy beach on the Columbia River  Looking SW across the Columbia River around the outley of Quilomene and Brushy Creek  Looking West across Babcock Bench. Cape Horn is to the far right.  Looks more like a lake than a river
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HitTheTrail
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Looks like another interesting area.  You made it just ahead of the rain. Probably muddy now.
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wildernessed
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I figured go low elevation and humidity for the best conditions. It was a wall of clouds to the West. Day hiking with the HMG 2400 works out well also.
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Magellan
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 Wed Oct 26, 2016 10:08 pm |
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Really nice. Did you see barrel cactus?
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wildernessed
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Have never seen that type in the area just Hedge Hogs.
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Sculpin
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Fri Oct 28, 2016 9:42 am |
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| wildernessed wrote: | | Have never seen that type in the area just Hedge Hogs. |
I think you are both talking about Pediocactus nigrispinus. Kind of a barrel that got sat on and squashed by a hedgehog.
There are only two other cacti in Washington, Opuntia fragilis and O. columbiana. In all my travels in shrub steppe, I have seen Pediocactus a few times but never an Opuntia. I have seen O. fragilis in the San Juans. The Burke Herbarium apparently has no specimens of O. columbiana, the Washington prickly pear:
http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php?ID=1080
Has anyone ever seen it?
Between every two pines is a doorway to the new world. - John Muir
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Bedivere
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Fri Oct 28, 2016 11:52 am |
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Any ticks? Maybe this is the time of year to go.
I like that area but when i visited in the spring the ticks were horrendous. On the upside there were LOTS of birds which probably isn't the case now.
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Fri Oct 28, 2016 1:34 pm |
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I seem to recall seeing prickly pear around one of the rest areas by Selah. I'm thinking on the going north side. Last week whilst walking near Omak, The Demon Dog was stuck by what a friend called Jumping Cactus. I was wishing for gloves or pliars to get it out of the wiggly beast.
What's especially fun about sock puppets is that you can make each one unique and individual, so that they each have special characters. And they don't have to be human––animals and aliens are great possibilities
What's especially fun about sock puppets is that you can make each one unique and individual, so that they each have special characters. And they don't have to be human––animals and aliens are great possibilities
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Sculpin
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Fri Oct 28, 2016 2:03 pm |
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"Jumping Cactus" would be Opuntia fragilis. The "fragilis" part refers to the fact that the approximately round pads separate very easily from the rest and readily root. Since the spines have tiny hooks, they tend to catch on feet and get thrown in the air.
I was dayhiking in Utah one time when I felt a really painful impact on the back of my neck. My sister was hiking behind me and I turned around with an accusing look. She was oblivious to what happened and too far away to have thrown anything (not that she typically throws things at me). Then I noticed a single pad similar to O. fragilis near my foot. It had apparently caught on my heel, somehow described a perfect arc around my daypack, and struck me in the back of the neck!
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