There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,There is a rapture on the lonely shore,There is society, where none intrudes,By the deep sea, and music in its roar. I love not man the less, but Nature more. -Lord Byron

Thursday, November 27, 2014

Klickitat River Trail, South Cascades, Columbia Gorge, Washington

We visited the Klickitat River Trail this week, and were treated with warm weather, gorgeous views, and found some bone treasures. Click the link for details on the trail.


The Wild and Scenic Klickitat River. 
There is a sign about leashing your dogs on the trail (this is Chloe just before leashing I promise!) Apparently they have had a few unfortunate incidents involving dogs on the trail this last season, whether it be from rattlsnakes, or "unfriendly neighbors with guns that don't want dogs on their property". Regardless, we kept them on leash the whole way, we only went 2 miles there and back, but the trail goes for 10.5 miles, so perhaps there are some sketchy areas further in.
Using my new Goodwill binoculars that I got for $6.00!!! To watch the natives catch Chinook Salmon. There were DIY platforms all over the river, and they had so many salmon, this must be a hot spot!


Tim took this picture of the Native Lady Fisherman, using the digital camera, through the binocular lense, pretty cool!
some of the platforms you can see all down the river.

Bone treasures! So beautiful.




Back Home and in full Cuddle Puddle mode.

1 comment:

  1. My daughter had a basset hound in Hermiston named Chloe that looks remarkable like yours. Unfortunately, she couldn't take her with her to college and she and our pug Jester never hit it off. Jester passed soon after we gave Chloe away from diabetes. Chloe had been given to us by someone so we gave her forward. Whether or not this is our old Chloe doesn't matter, but I hope she went on to have a life like your Chloe has had.

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