Tom's Basin

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$Tom\'s Basin$

Taken from campsite along Indian Creek at the foot of Granite Mountain. Martin Creek Mountains in the background.

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Wide open spaces

Voted 10/10

This picture just makes me want to set off and walk toward those mountains. Great capture - thanks for sharing! -Sarah

Posted Jun 6, 2010 11:35 pm


	calebEOC	Re: Wide open spaces
	Hasn't voted	Thanks, the desert is always nice when its green in the spring!
		Posted Jun 7, 2010 9:37 pm

Yep ...

Voted 10/10

I was going to say Nevada - the sagebrush tipped me off!

I remember when I fought fires in northern
Nevada and eastern Oregon. Those were the days.

Posted Jun 7, 2010 9:37 am


	calebEOC	Re: Yep ...
	Hasn't voted	They've had a few range fires here and there in the desert the last 5 years, and it always amazes me how healthy the terrain looks a couple years later without sagebrush.
		Posted Jun 7, 2010 9:39 pm


	lcarreau	Re: Yep ...
	Voted 10/10	That was back in the 1980s when we put out all those smokes, and the public's outcry was deafening. Today, with the "let it burn" policy, the range fires are allowed to burn, thus opening up some land for the native flora & fauna. You can please some of the people some of the time, but you can't please all of the people all of the time!
		Posted Jun 7, 2010 9:55 pm


	calebEOC	Re: Yep ...
	Hasn't voted	Were you on any of the fires in the Malheur Forest in the 80's?
		Posted Jun 7, 2010 10:00 pm


	lcarreau	Re: Yep ...
	Voted 10/10	Short answer - yes! Our crew was called to the Unity, Monument, and Halfway, Oregon complex areas ... I vaguely remember looking up at a "big rock" ,(in the middle of nowhere), on one of the larger fires. Monument Rock? Bull Run Rock? I especially enjoyed fighting fire in the Wallowa-Whitman area, because the peaks were so jagged and pristine to look at. And, we always got a "grand reception" in La Grande, Oregon! I loved that area! Still do, 25 years later !!!
		Posted Jun 7, 2010 10:38 pm


	calebEOC	Re: Yep ...
	Hasn't voted	That big rock was undoubtedly castle rock, trying to find driving directions to it and a route up it is what led me to summitpost to begin with about 5 years ago. The Malheur burns every year, and I remember the 80's being especially prone to forest fires.
		Posted Jun 8, 2010 9:47 am


	lcarreau	Re: Yep ...
	Voted 10/10	Yes, that's it !!! There was a slow-moving fire burning within two miles of Castle Rock back in 1987. Nasty stuff! Whoo - eeeee!
		Posted Jun 8, 2010 10:03 am

Very...

Voted 10/10

Very special view!!!!!!!!
Beautiful!!!
Romek

Posted Jun 7, 2010 11:23 am


	calebEOC	Re: Very...
	Hasn't voted	Thanks, it was a great evening for taking pictures and resting for another days adventure.
		Posted Jun 7, 2010 9:43 pm