Streakerfreak
Jan-Kee
Yesterday, Saturday the 12, Jenn and I headed back to Bohemia Mountain for the entire day. We started the day by heading south on I-5 to Cottage Grove. From Cottage Grove we followed signs to the Cottage Grove Covered Bridge Tour until we reached Row River Road which skirts Dorena Lake for several miles.
We followed Row River Road for about 20 miles until we reach Champion Creek Road which requires a high clearance vehicle in certain parts. As the road increases in elevation we passed several water falls and a few old mine openings. Since we passed these things last week we pushed on
One thing that turned out to be a pain in the butt was the lighting. The woods were deep and dark, but with a cloudless sky and a bright noon day sun taking quick snapshots was a task to get even some what right.
Jenn on top of an old bridge.
There are a lot of nice wild flowers along the way.
From here we came across the Noonday trail. The trail is maintain by the Junction City Jeepers, but it appears they have not been there in a while. Most of the trail was so tight there was no way for us to open the doors or even the windows to climb out. The deeper into the trail we got the more we realized we needed to find a way out. Its looks like a lot of people have been through with saws, but not much was cleaned up.
We found a "clearing" and stopped to check our maps. A few feet ahead were a few obstacles that were a struggle to get over. Before we went through it, I ran ahead to see if the trail opened up a little. I luckily found that the trail met up with the dirt road again and we decided not to chance the trail anymore.
By this time it was getting a little late and we wanted to get home for dinner. There is so much more to see from what we could tell by the maps, but we were having a hard time finding them. We decided to make one more stop at Fairview Peak.
This provided some spectacular views. You can even see the rim of Crater Lake in this pic.
We followed Row River Road for about 20 miles until we reach Champion Creek Road which requires a high clearance vehicle in certain parts. As the road increases in elevation we passed several water falls and a few old mine openings. Since we passed these things last week we pushed on
One thing that turned out to be a pain in the butt was the lighting. The woods were deep and dark, but with a cloudless sky and a bright noon day sun taking quick snapshots was a task to get even some what right.
Jenn on top of an old bridge.
There are a lot of nice wild flowers along the way.
From here we came across the Noonday trail. The trail is maintain by the Junction City Jeepers, but it appears they have not been there in a while. Most of the trail was so tight there was no way for us to open the doors or even the windows to climb out. The deeper into the trail we got the more we realized we needed to find a way out. Its looks like a lot of people have been through with saws, but not much was cleaned up.
We found a "clearing" and stopped to check our maps. A few feet ahead were a few obstacles that were a struggle to get over. Before we went through it, I ran ahead to see if the trail opened up a little. I luckily found that the trail met up with the dirt road again and we decided not to chance the trail anymore.
By this time it was getting a little late and we wanted to get home for dinner. There is so much more to see from what we could tell by the maps, but we were having a hard time finding them. We decided to make one more stop at Fairview Peak.
This provided some spectacular views. You can even see the rim of Crater Lake in this pic.
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