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Friday, August 11, 2017 Exploring the coast, I drove north, stopping at a couple of recreation areas with campgrounds to see if they were full. I was pleased to see plenty of openings in these “drive up” campgrounds. Oregon Dunes Recreation Area had several very nice campgrounds. I did a mile hike through the marsh,…

Jane-Ashley sent me a link as I noted lots of sardines belly-up in Chetco Harbor. From: http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2016/03/as_pacific_sardine_collapse_wo.html Nearly a year into a West Coast sardine fishing ban enacted to protect the collapsing population, the fish formerly worth more than $8 million to Oregon’s economy have shown no signs of a comeback. New federal research indicates numbers…

Thursday, August 11, 2015 After moving campsites, I drove north on 101. Stopping at a lighthouse overlook, all you could see was fog and clouds. One chatty tourist said he had just walked the Appalachian Trail, complaining that there were seldom views, and here he is in Oregon and can’t see the view. I stopped…

Wednesday, August 9, 2017 I was enjoying driving up the coast. 101 is a busy highway, which also happens to be a tourist route. Oregon beaches are phenomenal, undeveloped and I guess the water is cold. Crossing the mouth of the Rogue, salmon fishing boats were everywhere. I don’t know what the rules are on…

Monday, August 7, 2017 I had to go back to Grant’s Pass to get an awning wheel I lost and had shipped. This is the third time I have driven this road and it is just as good the third time. From west to east, you start in the Redwood National Park. The drive is…

Sunday, Aug 6, 2017 My intention was to fish the Chetco River for a few hours and just see what kind of trout were there. My plan was to take the South Side Chetco River Road and fish across from where I had hiked The Oregon Redwood Trail. I packed lunch, snacks, water and the…

Friday, August 4, 2017 Amazing that you can travel 100 miles west of Medford and find daily highs of 67 degrees and low of 50 at night. Perfect! I headed down the long, curvy road out of Siskiyou National Forest. There are some great cottages along this road that I would love to photograph, but…

Wednesday, July 2, 2017 I met Steve at Highway Products/Pavati Boats at 5:00. He was excited, saying they had been doing well the last few days, and he expected us to have a great day. I appreciated the enthusiasm. I hadn’t been doing well fishing, and I was getting tired of the heat. It was…

July 30, 2017 Steve told me to fish Bybee Creek below Crater Lake, so that was the goal of the day. I got an early start, well-stocked with food and water. You would think with GPS in the truck and on my iPhone, it would be easy, but it wasn’t. I needed a good topo…