Oregon Black Morel Mania 5 25 08

Headed for White Salmon Wa. Friday night with my buddy Steve, We stopped by a Native American Cooler, that had Columbia River wild caught fishes in it. the cost 40 dollar for the bright one with no fin clippage - sold. off we went!
We hit the local store up for grub and grog and headed for the pad, once here we broke out the tradditional hunting and life mind altering devices and planned our attack on key locations of the woods we entended to forage.
Forage we did
12 stops 12 miles of nothing at each place,,,, but the last stop was a mile long doosey.


Found this skull in the woods near the mushroom patch




A obsidian stone tool with oregon black morels




Found lots of treats to eat in fact we came back to this place a second time and on Monday it produced better than it did on Saturday.








Here is the Syrian Puff Ball - reported to be delishious, the fresher the better, but even young they have a rubbery flesh and reminded me of a sea scallop, even cooked it looked and sorta tasted like a sea scallop.... ill pass on, this food of the gods.


Weird lookin huh!


more Oregon black naturals


Nice plump black morel


More of what to expect, these lil darlins look just like a damn fir cone or pine cone on the ground, dont get toooooo bug eyed, crossed eyed or lizarded lipped, droolin over the morels.



The Sno Bank Morel - reported to be edible, not goin any where with this one, ill pass on it, just show me the real ones.......



The False Morel - not sure how anyone could confuse it with a real morel but they do look close at times to the sno bank morels, they come in all the same colors, brown, tan, red, black and blonde.

Thoughts of Past Adventures

Well I decided that my new blog needed to be updated with memories of my past. Iv had a wild past, full of excitment, danger, thrills, spills, sex and dreams.

One of my most favorite places to visit is this place - the Sawtooth mtn, in the Indian Heaven Wilderness of SW Washington, one can hear a pin drop here, you can sit and ponder lifes peoples BS and not have many worries, other than intruders, walking thru your camp - a reason to ponder more about lifes peoples.



I also Hunt rocks
I have accumulated several tons of agate, jasper, petrified wood and other semi presious gem stones in Oregon and Washington. All of it is for sale.......... inquire about what I may have, thats of value to you. Here is a few small samples.





One other fav spot is Falls Creek Cave - for Iam a spelunker -- This perticular cave system is located in the Gifford Pinchote NF and is a lava tube, it is segmented with several other caves in its flow. Near by are other fasinating systems of caves, some with some awesome special features.



As you might see, im full of outdoor adventure and thrill seeking , IM always chasing a rainbow, searching for lost treasure and my pot of gold. My eliment is fun, wild and or extream, maybe not in all that order but its there.
At times IM one with nature, and IM the only one..... peace at last, can it be IM the only one here........maybe., , just maybe I got this whole damn river to myself, nothing like having your own private island or beach in a wilderness setting, far from crowds.
Here Iam, far from any paved road or street - doin what turns me on, batteling a force greater than no other - H2O.
With over 1000 miles logged on rivers, there is no place id rather be.



Blasting thru a hole on the deshutes river in the high desert country of eastern Oregon with my friend.


I always know where all the KEWL hot spots are to play. This perticular place is the body surfin channel on the White River..... can u say party...... This is a must stop and park the rafts and hike to play in the water slide and life jacket surf, in the middle of the desert, here is an oasis that should not be missed.



Fun in the desert heat cant be beat here on the white river confluence, 100 yards from the Deshutes river............

Oregon coast day trip

Yesterday, we headed for Vernonia Oregon for the oregon trail road rally, my lady friends son was working in one of the pit crews for the road rally. We didnt get to see much action, because most of all the compeating cars all broke down or wrecked, from all the rough terrain they had to traverse.
In fact
We picked up 2 drivers from Michigan who had spun out, ditched it and lost 2nd gear, their hopes for a win was lost. they couldnt put up the hills in 3rd gear with their 6 speed suburu tranny....... they offered us $20 to take them back to the pits, we declined and said jump in and hang on my lady is driving...... lol
The heat was a factor as well - friday it was 100 and saturday was 95 out, the oregon coast set record temps up n down the coast.


We had to stop and play in the Nehalem River for a bit to cool off.



From there we headed for Cannon Beach Oregon and enjoyed a wonderful eveing relaxing at the beach, We ate some dinner at Bills, Tavern and brewery.
the halibut fish n chips were great, the oyster shooters were fresh and the blackberry ales were good.
over all it was a great day of sites and sounds and people watching

Lake Tahoe / Reno March 29 08

march 29 08
Up at 4am and on the road by 6am, light snow fall, sun comes out with clouds with snow at very low elevations.

10:15 boomer hill rest stop
50 wild turkeys along i5

grants pass 1130
gas was 339 a gal, talked to woofer at shucks store

1pm medford oregon
hit up arbys for lunch, sunny out, low snow in hills

5pm susanville ca.
gas 359 a gal

630 pm reno nv.
gas 335 a gal - stayed at the gate keeper motel, $60, dump hole, noise



3/30/08
1030 am heading south to Carson city nv. joan hit 500 bucks inside the silver legacy first machine..... ate lunch at the golden nugget -carson- head for virginia city - live music in most all saloons, comstock boys play the bucket of blood saloon and joan hits for 150 bucks i hit for 50.


3/31/08
walked Reno today - joan hits $1000 at fitzgeralds casino playing the wheel of fortune



4/1/08
did the free spin stuff at the pepermill casino joan got 5 bucks in free play while i got 5 bucks in kid video game tokens - i was pissed and told them so -- i wasnt a kid and aint comin back....
headed for lk tahoe gas in Galena nv 355 a gal.
snowing at 8000 ft at mt rose ski area, arrive at crystal bay N lk tahoe with lite snow.
S lk tahoe 5pm. - look for food --------Harveys, Harrahs and the Horizon to spendy for what i wanted to eat and Bills became totally non smoking, passed on their advertisments
ate at Lakeside inn and casino, had prime rib baked potatoe vegis salad and bread for 1095



4/2/08
played texas holdem from 11 am til dinner time at CalNeva Reno, bought in for 50 and cashed out for 189 - headed for the Atlantis casino pic below - ate dinner at the seafood buffet here and it rocked at 20 bucks per person



4/3/08
Nugget in Sparks nv 10am breakfast, won 25 and paid for breakfast, accross the street at the Silver Club i hit 30 more bucks, then headed for the Atlantis casino again to find my lost reading glasses.... never found them.......
Now in lake tahoe - sunny out feels like 80, no wind and in a T shirt - found cave rock with alter and bench seating with firepit...... hmmm, pic above.



715pm done with tahoe sunset and now back to Reno will be back in the morning
carson city dollar tree store had 5 one dollar slot machines inside to play - so so funny

4/4/08 friday
rm 275 jacuzzi rm lakeside inn an casino

left Reno early went to grand seirra casino for food but it sucked so bad we left and hunted for better eats --- headed for our room at lake tahoe
room equipt with 2 flat screen tvs a thrown phone for the toilet, a shower at each end of the jacuzzi tub, full kitchen and deck, was delux accomadations for me



4/5/08
last night sucked

complained to the prez of the casino about some issues first thing in the morning.
1 - waiter kept taking my uneatten food - no no no
2 - safety issues in the jacuzzi tub - towel/hand bars broken
3 - poker tournament -- 10 hr drive to play for a pizza, not........ poker manager added more players after i canned 2 - 30 min into the game ---- no no no, not my rules I play by , bought in for $40 and could have won $500 but due to the funky rules the poker manager made up as we went along i finally just said F it and gave all my chips away, wasnt about money was about changing the rules that were posted on paper i was playing for.
had long chat with prez of casino -said he would comp us on our next visit -- ok ....

left lk tahoe headed for carson city for gas
behind the AMPM is the Casino Fandango, nice new casino, but - has funky bathrooms for ladies gent and DUKES, special bathrooms for HeShe's, my bathroom had 5 types of soaps and hand lotions in it...was weird.. 2 miles south of the Carson Nugget

115 pm Reno
headed home sorta
see 9 antalope along hwy 395 south of susanville
took 2 hr nap at Honey lake rest area near susanville......gas was 365 a gal here

hog flat resivor was froze over commin in but on way out it was thawed out, but mc coy flats res was still frozen.
4000 ft shasta trinity nf still with 2/4 snow drifts - hat creek no snow - over 1 ft of snow has melted while on this trip along the hiway. mc cloud area to susanville area.

620 pm left the mt shasta vista - 15 min to i5 from here and says 364 miles to portland oregon

grants pass for gas 337 a gal

830 pm 7 feathers casino along i5 - witnessed a $10,000 winner here, left at 1130 pm hit stump town at 230 am and made home at 315 am......
was a nice trip with lots to see and do....
scott

Morel Mania 08

nice spring morels to be had


in habbitat


more morels



you like em cooked
one big morel here