Alvord Desert, March 2020

[GowerGulch42]

It's pretty isolated, but actually not hard to get to (apart from distance). Paved Fields-Denio Road enters the south end and runs within 10 miles of Alvord Hot Springs. Other basins, springs, and hills in the area are much more remote and less accessible to passenger vehicles.

[DAW89446]

I'm in Garabaldi. The fog follows up the river valleys out of the Bay. The land surface is so full of ferns, leaves and vines I have no idea what a rock looks like until I get to a waterway.

Garabaldi and the Tillimook Bay are beautiful. The old farm houses and homes in town are neat. I was last there visiting friends who live in Manzanita.

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A friend of mine has a nice travel blog and he featured the Steens Mountain and country southwest, as well as the country between Burns and Lakeview. His Steens trip is here: http://ski3pin.blogspot.com/2020/07/ Just browse through his trip menu during July for the other travels in the region.

[GowerGulch42]

This is very cool, thanks for posting!  I have heard only good things about Alvord and would enjoy getting there some day!  At least you've helped me see it anyway

Returned to Alvord in March of this year. Finally finished my geology video about it. I'll share some more pics once I get my film developed.

[netllama]

That video is great. Definitely added a ton of context to what I saw when I visited that region last July.

[MojaveGeek]

Very nice video! I wanna go there!!

[GowerGulch42]

Thanks! Since we got chased out by bad weather I wasn't able to get to a few areas I wanted to go. Next time! It's /only/ 7 hours from Portland.

[TacoLand]

Thanks, Andrew. Very cool stuff (even though it's way beyond my realm of understanding). Can't wait to hopefully get back up there this year.

[GowerGulch42]

Here's some shots from my visit last March.


Pike Creek by Andrew Dunning, on Flickr


Pike Creek by Andrew Dunning, on Flickr


Steens Front by Andrew Dunning, on Flickr


Alvord Desert by Andrew Dunning, on Flickr


Alvord Hot Springs by Andrew Dunning, on Flickr

I also lugged my film SLR out there, to great success.

Tracks by Andrew Dunning, on Flickr


Pike Creek by Andrew Dunning, on Flickr


Passing clouds by Andrew Dunning, on Flickr

Check out the rest of the album (which includes last year's trip) here: https://flic.kr/s/aHsmTvEnFe

[MojaveGeek]

very nice photos!