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On The Road – Mike in Oly – Tucannon River, WA

by Alain Chamot (1971-2020)|  December 2, 20195:00 am| 21 Comments

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  1. 1.

    JPL

    December 2, 2019 at 5:24 am

    On the Road is a weekday feature spotlighting reader photo submissions. From the exotic to the familiar,
    I assume that Mike finds the photos to be familiar, but for me they’re more exotic. This is definitely a nice way to start the week.

  2. 2.

    Quinerly

    December 2, 2019 at 6:49 am

    ??❤️??

  3. 3.

    Baud

    December 2, 2019 at 6:51 am

    Cool.

  4. 4.

    HalfAssedHomesteader

    December 2, 2019 at 6:59 am

    Nice pics.  Why do they show up twice on the front page?  Anyone else seeing this?  (Firefox 70 on Linux desktop)

  5. 5.

    rikyrah

    December 2, 2019 at 7:27 am

    These are some beautiful pictures ??

  6. 6.

    soup time

    December 2, 2019 at 8:04 am

    @HalfAssedHomesteader:

     

    Yes, duplicate photos on all of Alain’s posts for a while now.

    But if I open the post in a separate tab, only one set of photos appears. How does that happen?

    Attention watergirl!

  7. 7.

    arrieve

    December 2, 2019 at 9:00 am

    What gorgeous critters! Thanks, Mike.

  8. 8.

    zhena gogolia

    December 2, 2019 at 10:07 am

    So who are they? I love the amber eyes.

  9. 9.

    Gin & Tonic

    December 2, 2019 at 10:22 am

    @HalfAssedHomesteader: That’s a known feature of the new site.

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    Miss Bianca

    December 2, 2019 at 10:46 am

    @zhena gogolia: looks like Bighorn sheep to me – we have them in my neck of the woods.

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    J R in WV

    December 2, 2019 at 11:17 am

    Sweet wild scenery.

     

    Once saw a herd of these “mountain boats” on a cliff-side in Colorado many years ago. The kids were tiny, but so agile on what looked like a sheer rock face to us, on the other side of the box canyon between Canon City and Cripple Creek. Dancing up the cliff on tiny projections of rock. Amazing!

     

    Thanks for posting the photos! That kid flying thru the air is really something.

  12. 12.

    Miss Bianca

    December 2, 2019 at 11:20 am

    @J R in WV: They are plentiful – well, present in numbers, anyway – in the canyon between Canon City and Salida, which is, in fact, known as “Bighorn Sheep Canyon”!

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    J R in WV

    December 2, 2019 at 11:52 am

    @J R in WV:

     

    herd of these “mountain boats” on a cliff-side

    “Mountain Goats”….duh. missed the edit interval, dammit.

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    J R in WV

    December 2, 2019 at 12:05 pm

    @Miss Bianca:

     

    Huh, didn’t know that, after years of going up Rt 50 to Mike’s camp up on the mountain north of the river between Canyon City and Salida. Beautiful countryside.

     

    There’s an old dinosaur excavation just north of Canyon City with signage, and the road to Cripple Creek takes off north from there, amazing box canyon with vertical sides gets narrower and narrower, the road is cut on the west side, it’s pretty much one lane too.

     

    The herd of bighorn sheep were gamboling up the other side of the canyon from us, I coulda hit one with a rock they were that close, but probably several hours to climb around to them, if I was a climber on sheer rock faces, which I am NOT.

     

    Phantom Canyon Road, Google maps tells me…

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    Mike in Oly

    December 2, 2019 at 12:45 pm

    There’s the rest of the pics! And yes, Rocky Mountain Big Horn sheep. Brought into the area to replace a native population that had been hunted out. That last shot was such pure luck. Just happened to snap just as the little one jumped and could not believe my luck that it came out clear! We had such a good time in that area and look forward to going back again. We were there in September. I’d love to see it in May or June when spring is in full force.

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    Mike in Oly

    December 2, 2019 at 12:53 pm

    This was the text with my original post. They somehow got separated: In September I, my husband, and two of our friends went camping at the Tucannon River in eastern Washington State. The tourists had gone home and we had the campground to ourselves. It was lovely sleeping next to the river and enjoying the wilderness. One of the highlights was bumping into a family of Rocky Mountain Bighorn sheep. A local informational sign indicated they had been introduced to the area to replace an historic native population that had been wiped out back in the day. We saw a ram with his two ewes and two youngsters. The adults had radio collars on. It was a lot of fun watching them gamble about along the road. They had no care about the cars sitting and watching them as they headed down an oak covered hillside to an open meadow below. Thought I would share the experience

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    Miss Bianca

    December 2, 2019 at 1:01 pm

    @J R in WV: Only been to Cripple Creek once, and we didn’t go that way – but I wonder if I’ve been on that road before – will have to consult le Google to see!

  18. 18.

    Dan B

    December 2, 2019 at 2:41 pm

    @Mike in Oly: May in Tucannon could be “interesting”, depending on the elevation.  Three of us hiked the Chelan Lakeshore trail in mid May.  Andy got off the boat the Lady of the Lake and said, “Well hiss hiss and rattle rattle to you too”.  We did the 25 miles of trail single file – each taking turns being point with a big stick – lots of hissing and rattling.  The trail is 1,100 to 1,500 feet elevation and southwest facing.  Elevations over 3,000 fett shoukd be okay.

     

    BTW our hike was May 18, 1980.  There were many booms and bangs, and weird “clouds” in addition to the wildlife.  May is when rattlers emerge from winter.  However it’s not the only time they are feisty. We encountered dozens in a western Montana rock quarry in August one year.

  19. 19.

    Mango

    December 2, 2019 at 2:42 pm

    @Mike in Oly:

    I assume you are based in Olympia…I just moved there in September.  Are there enough juicers to have a meet up?  Beerworks? Chelsea Oyster Bar? ?????

  20. 20.

    Mike in Oly

    December 3, 2019 at 8:42 am

    @Dan B: Maybe I do not want to see that area in May. I have zero interest in hiking with rattlers. Thanks for the heads up.

  21. 21.

    Mike in Oly

    December 3, 2019 at 8:44 am

    @Mango: Yes, I’m in Olympia. Welcome to town! I don’t know of any other juicers in the area. I know there are several in the Seattle area. I’d be interested in a meet-up if others are.

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