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PostMon Mar 16, 2020 12:01 am 
Headed out to the Lower Crab Creek area for some desert exploration. Following Crab Creek Rd east from Beverly, we pulled off shortly after the Lower CC bridge to investigate a possible shortcut via an old road. As suspected, the bridge was no longer there, so we backtracked down the road a mile and parked at a small pullout.
From there, we scrambled down a small embankment onto the old Chicago-Milwaukee-St. Paul-Pacific railroad (now the Cascades to Palouse trail). Followed this for 1.25 miles through recent burn to the 2019 mile marker.
Leaving the Milwaukee road, we followed a fading double track to the N-NE. Along the way, we found harbingers of spring - yellow bells, bluebirds, infant balsamroot, and purple flowers.
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A little over 2 miles from the road, we came across the remnants of what might have been an old mine(?).
From there we headed over to the old homestead. I had recently seen the old cabin on aerial imagery, but upon arrival, we were sad to find that it had burned to the ground. Here is a picture of what it used to look like (from a 2011 trip report):
Alas, this is all that is left:
I suspect it might have turned to toast in the 2016 fires. Anyway, ye olde Ford truck is still there. The hood was falling off but we put it back neatly in place. The date of manufacture was listed as 02G, but I'm not sure what year that corresponds to.
After a snack break, we retraced our steps with the cold wind at our backs.
Back at the car, we chased the sunset west the whole drive home.

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PostMon Mar 16, 2020 8:00 am 
fourteen410 wrote:
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Experience is what'cha get, when you get what'cha don't want
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PostMon Mar 16, 2020 8:10 am 
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Astragalus purshii. wub.gif Good on ya, gotta be out early to find this one blooming! Fun trivia fact: if cows eat too much of it, they get the blind staggers.

Between every two pines is a doorway to the new world. - John Muir
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PostTue Mar 17, 2020 10:18 pm 
That range is beautiful with the prominent snow line adding some perspective and scale.

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PostWed Mar 18, 2020 1:19 pm 
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They cancelled the Sandhill Crane Festival, but they must not have told the cranes!

"Einstein stating that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light, is as a blind man stating that nothing can travel faster than the speed of sound" 1979 They don't make years like they used to.
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PostWed Mar 18, 2020 3:42 pm 
Ah, that's what they were. Thanks for the identification, Z. We knew they weren't canada geese because they were flying too high and making such a strange noise, but couldn't figure it out at the time. There were so many!

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PostWed Mar 18, 2020 6:54 pm 
Those pictures are amazing. With that sharp snowline and open valleys, some of them almost look like Alaska in feel.

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PostWed Mar 18, 2020 7:55 pm 
Thanks Brockton. I thought the same thing - the snowy hills reminded me of alpine tundra.

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PostFri Mar 20, 2020 5:51 am 
Love that area

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