Yetti’s Pacific North West Exploration & Expeditions Picture heavy

[Pacific Northwest yetti]

None of these have any type of manipulation, on them. If you do a write up id love to see it, and just getting out is the important part; no matter the name.

Got out last weekend, for a family meet up- about 20, aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews, etc. The plan was for all of us to visit the king tut exhibit in Portland at OMSi.

https://omsi.edu/kingtut


Sadly, they ended up selling out all weekend. When i had checked Monday, nothing had been booked; and all times open. There are only a few weeks left before it moves to the next museum on, this being the tail end of its 4 month setting. Even the staff were surprised the weekend had sold out by 10am Saturday, they think the weekend weather had something to do with it. Every other time I had gone to one of the special exhibits we have never had to pre purchase before. I should of check the night/day prior, I now know. Lesson learned, OMSI is a big place and the majority of the family had never been before anyway so it was still a good time. The truck and camper did well, it was a full load with the crew cab, dog and wow: girls bring SO MUCH GEAR. We toured the USS Blueback, a Diesel Submarine docked as a museum.

On the way back we took the Washingtonian side through the gorge until cascade locks and had a good time at the visitor center for Bonneville lock and dam.

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The fish ladders were Empty, although I enjoyed looking at the inner workings, and they have a pretty cool visitor center where you are able to look into the turbine rooms- and even get a tour and walk on them at times w/ a guided tour. It was pretty cool to see the inner workings of the dam. We got that about45 mins prior to close ( traveling with mum, and a few nieces) if you want to read all the signs, watch the movies, budget an hour and a half. We had the place to ourselves which is always nice! And its not often they have the fish ladders drained,

 

[Pacific Northwest yetti]

We also found a brewery in cascade locks, Thunder Island Brewing Company- It was excellent!! I recommend it, however if you are more than 12foot tall, you are out of luck or will have to do some walking to get there. It would be worth a walk though, And the outdoor seating is dog friendly.

https://www.google.com/search?q=cas...rome..69i57.4311j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Another good option is Cascade Locks Ale house, they have a large dog friendly back yard, dog friendly outdoor seating area.

 

[Pacific Northwest yetti]

I will head out tomorrow to help with a Dog Sled race, I am pretty excited about it!

https://www.eaglecapextreme.com/

 

[Pacific Northwest yetti]

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I had the honor to serve as a medical for the Eagle Cap Dog sled race, this was my first ever dog sled race. It was amazing, the dogs just trot along like its nothing. Everything from a 31 mile - 200 mile race, the dogs are in top condition and the mushers take better care if them than they do themselves. I am going to keep the writing short, i failed at taking pictures however. It was worth seeing, and I look forwards to returning next year.

They are use some heavy tech, all mushers and sleds are GPS tracked. Each checkpoint has remote cameras, that can be moved and controlled from inside each tent, with motion detectors that alert Ham radios channels when tripped.

 

[Pacific Northwest yetti]

It was a beautiful weekend, the weather was great. Not much snow pack though, only 33 inches at Salt Creek Summit, the locals said it been the mildest winter they have had in 40 years. And it shows, the mountains looking like its spring run off already.

Other than being late getting outta town, no good stories. I was the only medical they had, with the exception of around 15 vets and vet staff. And I had zero patients, however boring, lets be honest: not a bad thing. Stayed busy helping with the check points, counting dogs and bibs, reporting into base. I got to do some snowshoeing, and stayed in the snow park until event end, i enjoyed it being a dead zone. Even though it put me a little behind in my office job.

 

[Pacific Northwest yetti]

I wished I had gotten better pictures, and i wanted to get pictures of the Mushers rigs- they are impressive on their own. Lots of big medium and heavy duty trucks, with flatbeds, bumpers, lifts, winches, and massive dog box's on the back.

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[Pacific Northwest yetti]

Another short dog venture, only 2ish miles though. We are lucky, as in many places with oregon trail ruts are close. The ranch I grew up on had some going through a dryland wheat field, and they were still there after 20+yrs of planting through them.

It was a decent hike w/ elevation gain. And the first time my ankle has not hurts since South America, although it's a little sore today.

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[Pacific Northwest yetti]

It was good to get out, even if close to home. We weren't able to find the spring, most of it was just open sage ground.

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[Pacific Northwest yetti]

Recertification class on remote medicine, and for my AEMT, MCPIC. Drove across Diablo Dam in Washington, just beautiful!

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[Pacific Northwest yetti]

The entire trip up here has been eventful, and class has not even started yet.

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[Pacific Northwest yetti]

Snow found us, those pathways are over 2ft deep of snow...

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[Hackopotomus]

Wow, great report with some amazing photos!

You get some pretty interesting medical gigs. How do you find these opportunities?

I'm a veteran, a retired general contractor and now a volunteer firefighter/EMT working on my A. I'm in rural north west NV. Checking out the Team Rubicon site and may join up. Not sure how active they are in my area (ironically, not to far from the Rubicon Trail) but could certainly travel to other areas when needed, especially once I get my truck camper built (Going to be starting a build thread soon).

Are you going to do any more motorcycle trips? I've been a licensed rider since 1972 and don't heal as quickly as I used to so I went to side hacks. This also allows me to bring my dog along. And carry a bunch more crap without having to worry about balance and load.

Looking forward to more of your reports, especially the EMS stuff (with no HIPPA violations though! ).

 

[Pacific Northwest yetti]

Mo brother just sent me this one, felt like i should include it,

 

[Pacific Northwest yetti]

Wow, great report with some amazing photos!

Thank you!!1 I have learned so much and found so many places to visit from these forums and hope i can do at least a little of the same. I dont know if i do it justice. Glad someone is reading it,

You get some pretty interesting medical gigs. How do you find these opportunities?

Thats a great question, and I am happy to share my trade secrets. I would like to end up doing consulting( my day job is a risk manager), and a mix of contract remote medical jobs, and volinteer disaster relief work- that the end goal I am working toward. The sacret, is to ask: and it takes a lot of companies to string contracts togather, and some like the dog sled race was all volinteer, me providing everything. Working on a " advanced first aid only" capacity, depending on the events: Anything through Event medic services, and Amphibias Medics will be that. ( for legal reasons, as you arent working under a medical director, and the licenses ( EMT, AEMT, Paramedic, dont cross state lines as far as a practical and practicing at that level)

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Others are long term contacts, working under a medical director usually in conjunction with telemedicine.

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PAE- handles the contrasts for McMurdo Station, one i have been trying to get a contract for.

And networking at those events with the various companies. Social Media, one of my endorsements MPIC, those i meet in that renewal class do a lot of the same things, so again networking is huge. The dog sled event, I just found out we had one a few hours from me ( Saw a add on FB), I contacted them to ask who their medical provider was, turns out they did not have one.

The rodeos, transports and Urban stuff are through my local Agency- also how I keep my agency affiliation license up for NREMT, and OHA.

I'm a veteran, a retired general contractor and now a volunteer firefighter/EMT working on my A. I'm in rural north west NV. Checking out the Team Rubicon site and may join up. Not sure how active they are in my area (ironically, not to far from the Rubicon Trail) but could certainly travel to other areas when needed, especially once I get my truck camper built (Going to be starting a build thread soon).

Their name, has nothing to do with the Trail or Jeep, haha go figure. Depending on the location, and how active if you have much of a local group makes a huge difference. TR, does some great work, and is currently going through some restructuring as they have just been growing so fast. If you have a strong local branch, youll be good, if not.........can be hit and miss Id still sign up, and go from there

I am happy with my Advanced, and would not go any higher ( ie Paramedic)

Looking forward to seeing your thread! And that would be helpful, if you need anyhelp with TR give a shout

They Also have a legit Medical team- but dont usually bring on " our" level(s) It does happen though, is also a long in depth process.

Are you going to do any more motorcycle trips? I've been a licensed rider since 1972 and don't heal as quickly as I used to so I went to side hacks. This also allows me to bring my dog along. And carry a bunch more crap without having to worry about balance and load.

Thats Awesome! Im only 29 and dont heal like I used too..

I will, that was my first experience ever on a moto, the first time I rode through traffic was in Santiago. I am looking at some V stroms, or an Africa Twin if I can find one at a price point i like.

Looking forward to more of your reports, especially the EMS stuff (with no HIPPA violations though! ).

Its helpful to know, some people are reading and following along, I just want to return the favor for those who helped point me in the right direction.

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[Hackopotomus]

Thanks for all the info!

I am NREMT certified and NV licensed but yeah, it doesn't transfer to other states which I think is stupid.

Will be starting my build thread soon as I just got my truck back today from getting the lift installed.