Bevis/Hibbs 2020 Road Trip

September - October 2020

A 32-day adventure by Steve Read more

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- Sep 19, 2020
- ⛅ 68 °F
- Altitude: 387 ft
- United States Oregon Curry County Marial Paradise Riffle 42.697691, -123.93962442°41’52” N 123°56’23” W
Day 2
Rogue River Bit O Paradise
September 19, 2020 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 68 °F
Hiked in with Jen. Jen left on Sunday. John and I stayed until Sept 26, Sunday. We hiked Devils backbone to Brushy Bar. Nice hike worth doing. We fished everyday. Night crawlers and little Cleo lure worked best. Only landed one fish which we think was a small steelhead. Jumped in Paradise pond which is a wide spot in Paradise Creek just upstream from paradise Lodge. Would fun to bring inner tubes to float on.Read more
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- Sep 26, 2020
- ⛅ 59 °F
- Altitude: 1,703 ft
- United States Oregon Baker County Oxbow Pine Creek 44.973161, -116.85619444°58’23” N 116°51’22” W
Day 9
Drive from Marial to Umpqua Campground
September 26, 2020 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 59 °F
Hiked out of the Rogue cabin to our car. The hike took about 2 1/2 hours. The bridge is out at Marial which makes the hike longer. When it’s fixed the hike should take about 1 1/2 hours. The road from Marial is a good dirt road then turns to pavement. We took a different route back to II5 when we got closer to Glendale. It takes you to Riddle along a nice river and it is a nice alternate route. We saw a mink chase down a squirrel in the middle of the road and haul it off for dinner. We went to Roseburg and had a burger at a drive in. Spent the night at a campground about 10 miles out on Rte 38. Cost $23Read more
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- Sep 27, 2020
- ⛅ 59 °F
- Altitude: 1,703 ft
- United States Oregon Baker County Oxbow Pine Creek 44.973118, -116.85617844°58’23” N 116°51’22” W
Day 10
Drive from Roseburg to Bend
September 27, 2020 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 59 °F
We headed out on Rte 38 up the Umpqua River. Stop for gas, coffee and muffins in Glide. A huge fire had just gone through most of the Rte 38 road. Many spots were still smoking, houses and buildings burned, crews still working. We drove by Diamond Lake and had lunch at a overlook. Talk with fire fighter who told us the Lodge was ok and we could see that Dave H cabin was ok. Drove onto to Bend and stayed at Gail Wilson (Harris) house.Read more
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- Sep 28, 2020
- ☀️ 61 °F
- Altitude: 3,018 ft
- United States Oregon Jefferson County Camp Sherman Head of the Metolius 44.434793, -121.63988644°26’5” N 121°38’24” W
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Day 11
Head of the Metolius River
September 28, 2020 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 61 °F
Drove to the head waters of the Metolius. Then hiked down the river starting at Canyon Creek for about a mile or so and then turned around. You can hike all the way to the fish hatchery. Beautiful view of the Metolius and the leaves were changing. Great hike to see the riverRead more
Traveler I was there 2 years ago. Such a special area! You and John looking good!
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- Sep 29, 2020
- ☀️ 73 °F
- Altitude: 2,956 ft
- United States Oregon Deschutes County Terrebonne Smith Rock State Park 44.36842, -121.1403244°22’6” N 121°8’25” W
Day 12
Smith Rock State Park
September 29, 2020 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F
Hiked Smith Rock State Park with Gail Wilson. John and I did the Misery Trail and the Mesa Verde trails. It creates a loop that goes along the Crooked River and then up over the peak. Took about 3 hours. Great views from the top and we saw several rock climbers that was very cool. Must do with Kristi.
Note: Someone said that Newberry Crater/Volcano was worth seeing which is near BendRead more
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- Sep 30, 2020, 10:38am
- ☀️ 68 °F
- Altitude: 2,047 ft
- United States Oregon Wheeler County Rainbow Hill 44.649772, -120.26663344°38’59” N 120°15’60” W
Day 13
Drive from Bend to Hells Canyon Dam
September 30, 2020 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 68 °F
Left Gail’s house around 8:30 on 97, 126, 26, 7, and finally 86 to Cooperfield campground. We stopped at Painted Hills which was somewhat uneventful. Then Sheep Rock also was uneventful but there was a visitor center there that looked interesting but was closed. Blue Basin was very nice. We saw Eroded hills and fossil replicas on a short 1 mile hike. Then we had lunch at the Squeeze Inn in John Day. Great burger!! Then onto Baker City to buy groceries. We passed the Interpretive Center outside of Baker City that also looked interesting but was also closed. We drove the last part in the dark. On the way though we saw a bear running along the road. Got to the campground about 8:15. Set up our tents in the dark.Read more
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- Oct 1, 2020
- ☀️ 73 °F
- Altitude: 1,719 ft
- United States Oregon Baker County Oxbow Pine Creek 44.9744, -116.85944°58’28” N 116°51’32” W
Day 14
Hells Canyon Drive to Dam
October 1, 2020 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 73 °F
Had cereal for breakfast. The snake river has 3 hydroelectric dams in a row. We are staying next to the middle dam, Oxbow. We drove down to the last dam, Hells Canyon dam today. It’s a pretty drive down. The is a long narrow lake you follow. At the dam, we hiked down stream about a mile and had lunch. This is where some of the raft trips start from but they have all stopped running. It’s too late in the season. There were fish jumping everywhere. One guy said they had carp, trout and bass in the river. We are still staying at Copperfield campground. We signed up for a jet boat trip going on Saturday.Read more
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- Oct 2, 2020, 11:17am
- ☀️ 72 °F
- Altitude: 1,781 ft
- United States Oregon Baker County Oxbow Pine Creek 44.966417, -116.85002244°57’59” N 116°51’0” W
Day 15
Dam and Cornicopia
October 2, 2020 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 72 °F
Leisurely morning. Left around 11:30 and found the tunnels to Oxbow dam. Then drove to Brownlee dam and saw 4 deer along the way. We viewed the dam from a variety of viewpoints. We were certain security was watching us. We saw big fish (our guess they were either carp or sturgeon). We had lunch at McCormick park which is just down from Brownlee dam. Then headed to Cornicopia. It’s a Lodge about 12 miles north of Halfway. Nice Lodge with cabins in the woods. Drove by a gold mining operations called Bonanza mining. We walked around a few old broken down buildings that were the remnants of a town. It was cool to see what was left over. Then headed back and pick apples from side of the road. Farmer laughed and said they were 10 cents each. Dinner was rice mixture with onions and broccoli. JB made a fire from all the wood he stole from other fire pits.Read more
Traveler You should have contacted Bill Leaver when you were in Medford. He owns it now! Dad loved the Grande Ronde River.
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- Oct 3, 2020
- ☀️ 72 °F
- Altitude: 1,686 ft
- United States Idaho Adams Big Bar 45.13297, -116.7395545°7’59” N 116°44’22” W
Day 16
Jet boat ride on Snake
October 3, 2020 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 72 °F
We took a jet boat ride down the snake today. We left from just below the Hells Canyon Dam with Hells Canyon adventure. It cost $200 each which included lunch. We left around 10:15. Fun way to see the Canyon. We had a lunch at Sheep’s Creek and went down as far as Kirkland and we had a stop there. We got back around 4 and drove toward Joseph on NF 39 Wallowa Mountain Loop. We stopped at Hells Canyon Overlook but it was a little smoky. We drove about 15 miles further towards Joseph and found a small campground called Ollokot. Had dinner of canned chili and made a fire.Read more
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- Oct 4, 2020
- ☀️ 57 °F
- Altitude: 10,394 ft
- United States California Tuolumne County Whorl Mountain 38.080769, -119.37448338°4’51” N 119°22’28” W
Day 17
Drive to Spokane
October 4, 2020 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 57 °F
We left Ollokot and drove to Joseph. Cute artsy town with great large bronze statues. Drove along Wallowa lake to the end. There is a state park with RV and tent sites and some lodges and cabins. The tram was not open. There looked liked there was some hiking opportunities but we did not have time. We decided to take the long way and see if we could find Seldom Seen, which we did not. We took Promise road out of Wallowa thru Maxville that shows up on Google but there is nothing there and then turned on Wallupa Road which takes you to Troy. A long dirt road which was in reasonable shape but dusty. The last 1/4 of the drive to Troy we paralleled the Grand Rhonde which was very pretty. It’s a good size river. We say a lot of people fishing. We drove to Susan and Mikes place in Deer Park, just north of Spokane. Susan is an old friend of Johns. Got there about 6 and had dinner there.Read more
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