Hello,
Right then. Some people asked for more pictures from my recent excursion. I have uploaded lots from the trip and here they are, with a bit of a blurb about what is what.
I wasn't sure to continue on from the old thread, so to keep things simple, here is the complete picture of my recent trip.
Some scenery shots around the river as I was heading upstream. It was beautiful. Quite warm, and blue skies.
By pete79 at 2010-10-10
By pete79 at 2010-10-10
By pete79 at 2010-10-10
My camp on the first night. Set up the wall tent on some slough at the side of the river. I gave a couple of moose calls here, but no-one answered, so I pushed on in the morning. After day one, I didn't see anyone until day ten.
By pete79 at 2010-10-10
This is what I woke up to bright and early in the morning. Cold, very cold and crisp, but really beautiful as the sun was coming up on the hills.
By pete79 at 2010-10-10
By pete79 at 2010-10-10
By pete79 at 2010-10-10
Another shot of scenery from day 2. Looking upstream in the direction I was heading.
By pete79 at 2010-10-10
In days gone by, there was quite a lot going on on the river here. Up until the 1950s, the river was still the main way to travel from North to South in this part of the world, and during the gold rush the area had a higher population than San Francisco (at the time). The area is excellent for snooping around on islands and up creeks. You find all sorts of things such as farms, old post offices and police detachments, all of which are abandoned. Here are some pictures of some old cabins and an old truck I found on a couple of islands. Apparently the second cabin was occuplied until the early 1990s. I looked inside, and there were cans of food, pictures on the walls, an old gun safe, and a bed.
By pete79 at 2010-10-10
By pete79 at 2010-10-10
By pete79 at 2010-10-10
There was evidence of animals everywhere I went. As long as there was mud, it'd have prints in it.
Wolf:
By pete79 at 2010-10-10
Black bear (didn't see any sign of griz, but they are around the area):
By pete79 at 2010-10-10
Black bear and moose:
By pete79 at 2010-10-10
An amazing abundance of high bush cranberries. Very tasty they were. Clearly the bears loved them to, judging by the large piles of bright red, cranberry based roughage lying everywhere:
By pete79 at 2010-10-10
By pete79 at 2010-10-10
This is where I based myself out of. It's an abandoned tourist camp in the middle of nowhere. It proved to be too remote (I think) and the company upped and left, leaving wall tent frames set up, wheelbarrows, buildings and all sorts (including an almost new tractor with full tank of diesel).
By pete79 at 2010-10-10
The boat by the shore:
By pete79 at 2010-10-10
The reason for being out here. Well, not the whole reason; it was nice enough getting out there, but this was a bonus:
By pete79 at 2010-10-09
Rendered into manageable chunks and in the boat:
By pete79 at 2010-10-10
My camp on the way back, and an evening meal of moose liver, spruce grouse breasts and onions.
By pete79 at 2010-10-10
By pete79 at 2010-10-10
By pete79 at 2010-10-10
Thanks for looking guys.
Pete
Right then. Some people asked for more pictures from my recent excursion. I have uploaded lots from the trip and here they are, with a bit of a blurb about what is what.
I wasn't sure to continue on from the old thread, so to keep things simple, here is the complete picture of my recent trip.
Some scenery shots around the river as I was heading upstream. It was beautiful. Quite warm, and blue skies.
By pete79 at 2010-10-10
By pete79 at 2010-10-10
By pete79 at 2010-10-10
My camp on the first night. Set up the wall tent on some slough at the side of the river. I gave a couple of moose calls here, but no-one answered, so I pushed on in the morning. After day one, I didn't see anyone until day ten.
By pete79 at 2010-10-10
This is what I woke up to bright and early in the morning. Cold, very cold and crisp, but really beautiful as the sun was coming up on the hills.
By pete79 at 2010-10-10
By pete79 at 2010-10-10
By pete79 at 2010-10-10
Another shot of scenery from day 2. Looking upstream in the direction I was heading.
By pete79 at 2010-10-10
In days gone by, there was quite a lot going on on the river here. Up until the 1950s, the river was still the main way to travel from North to South in this part of the world, and during the gold rush the area had a higher population than San Francisco (at the time). The area is excellent for snooping around on islands and up creeks. You find all sorts of things such as farms, old post offices and police detachments, all of which are abandoned. Here are some pictures of some old cabins and an old truck I found on a couple of islands. Apparently the second cabin was occuplied until the early 1990s. I looked inside, and there were cans of food, pictures on the walls, an old gun safe, and a bed.
By pete79 at 2010-10-10
By pete79 at 2010-10-10
By pete79 at 2010-10-10
There was evidence of animals everywhere I went. As long as there was mud, it'd have prints in it.
Wolf:
By pete79 at 2010-10-10
Black bear (didn't see any sign of griz, but they are around the area):
By pete79 at 2010-10-10
Black bear and moose:
By pete79 at 2010-10-10
An amazing abundance of high bush cranberries. Very tasty they were. Clearly the bears loved them to, judging by the large piles of bright red, cranberry based roughage lying everywhere:
By pete79 at 2010-10-10
By pete79 at 2010-10-10
This is where I based myself out of. It's an abandoned tourist camp in the middle of nowhere. It proved to be too remote (I think) and the company upped and left, leaving wall tent frames set up, wheelbarrows, buildings and all sorts (including an almost new tractor with full tank of diesel).
By pete79 at 2010-10-10
The boat by the shore:
By pete79 at 2010-10-10
The reason for being out here. Well, not the whole reason; it was nice enough getting out there, but this was a bonus:
By pete79 at 2010-10-09
Rendered into manageable chunks and in the boat:
By pete79 at 2010-10-10
My camp on the way back, and an evening meal of moose liver, spruce grouse breasts and onions.
By pete79 at 2010-10-10
By pete79 at 2010-10-10
By pete79 at 2010-10-10
Thanks for looking guys.
Pete
