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For flavor my first choice is definitely the Aeropress, it is hard to compare. I just think for truck camping there is too much fiddling and clean up is minimal but still more involved then the Bialetti. I just flip the coffee plug out the door into the sagebrush and give the pot a quick rinse...

Glad to see someone else has seen the light. Stovetop espresso pot (mine is a Bialetti SS) is truly the best for not only brewing but cleanup is so simple. No filters to buy and dispose plus it is incredibly durable for bouncing around on bad roads. I use a AeroPress at home or occasionally...

I saw the SM peeking through the clouds from our hotel window in Portland OR. The desert seems to always offer a better chance for celestial events so here is a Supermoon from a few years back. Taken in the canyons of the John Day River at a proposed wilderness area that has been in the...

Mine is stored away in a cubby with the battery pulled out. No issues.

Wow that is some epic water crossings! Glad you made it through safe and sound. As we had discussed earlier this was an epic water year for the SE desert so am not completely surprised at what you encountered but I haven't followed that more SE route to the Shirk Ranch. I had an chance to talk...

Phil - Sounds like a great loop you have planned. I'll pm you a few more details but FYI the last bit of "road" and I use that term loosely... :blink: from Long Lake to Hwy 140 is pretty slow going in a few places. The last time I did this section in 2013 I remember being really impressed by the...

Haven't traveled those roads for a few years now but from what I remember... Guano Creek ford might be a potential problem earlier in the year, especially with a wet winter/spring like we just experienced. Should not be an issue in the fall. Otherwise just a lot of slow going on really rocky...

Thanks all! I'm trying to stay on top of image editing so will post a few more as time allows. Lighthawk - I'm doing a little bit of cropping to help with the composition but don't want to degrade the image too much. Here is a Loon that politely posed in the pouring rain that I did zoom in on a...

Steve - Love your sage grouse images. Had a chance to try my limited wildlife photo skills and equally limited lens selection on our honeymoon trip to Vancouver Island and Knight Inlet. Really should of sprung for the tele-converter for my new Fuji 55-140mm but sometimes you just gotta make...

I'm looking forward to enjoying 25 +/- more days of summer... ;)

Made it out to the John Day River country as we had some gracious friends offering a beautiful camp location on their property. Couple of days of hikes and driving around gave us 2 prime choices for viewing the eclipse. We decided on an old fire lookout on top of Fields Peak in the Aldrich Mtns...

We went with the front dinette on our Fleet purchased last year. Decision made on having a bit more cabinet storage and maybe indirectly a bit more floor space for transporting misc items. I'll probably be second guessing myself on this one for awhile and if we had gone side dinette I would...

Here's the link for the ODFW public lands/access map - http://www.oregonhuntingmap.com/#/map The article mentions this but eastern Oregon, especially in the John Day River/Blue Mtns area is notoriously bad for cell service. Very rugged with many valley/ridges eliminate line of sight to cell...

The link for the Oregon Dept of Fish and Wildlife maps is very useful. Great resource for figuring out public lands access.

Great to read a few more of your TRs. Really enjoyed your earlier report on Birch Creek so we made a point to check it out earlier this spring when we were in the Owyhee country for some ODFW sage-grouse counting. Birch Creek did not disappoint, had the whole place to ourselves other than a few...

Thanks Steve for the shout out to an area I love. I also recommend that people bug their elected representative as all public lands seem to be under attach these days. The Owyhee is a gem and well suited to the WTW lifestyle. https://onda.org/where-we-work/owyhee

Bend Oregon - Currently sitting in my office which is an apartment over a detached garage. I turned the pilot light off in the gas fireplace a few weeks ago, knowing in the back of my mind that was a mistake. Currently 53f in my office and about 57f outside. Looking forward to summer.... Next...

We made it out and about in the Owyhee country earlier this month. Challenging conditions for both driving/camping and counting but great to explore and do a good deed for the ODFW with the annual sage-grouse counts. The new (Aug 16) Fleet has been great so far, especially on this trip with a...

This one is a bit dated but figured it was worth a post. My sweetheart and I headed out on Sunday morning, April 2 to do a few days of volunteer work for the Oregon Dept of Fish n Wildlife. Counting sage grouse at some assigned lek locations in the hinterlands of far SE Oregon. In the first 2...

Steve - great bighorn shots! Also enjoying seeing your Greater sage-grouse paired with my Hart Mtn image in this months Wild Desert calendar. Many thanks again for your contributions. We may yet again lean on you this year... :rolleyes: Fyi - my sweetie and I signed up for lek monitoring for...

We just returned from a great mid-winter break in South America. The respite from our central Oregon winter was much needed. I love getting a chance to look down on recognizable terrain while flying between cities. The views of the HIgh Sierras on Tuesday afternoon were stunning as we made out...

Very impressive Mr. MarkBC! I found the shoveling today to be quite difficult compared to the fluffy lightness of a few days back. I shoveled out the fire-pit in anticipation of the naked revelers celebrating the Solstice tomorrow eve here at our place.

Hmmm, I just did a perfect "no" shoveling example at my rental house a few days ago. I guess I better head back up there. :huh:

Thanks to all for the tips. I'm looking forward to sorting this out next spring. Cheers-

Even with the new FWC I will probably never get out of the habit developed from winter mountaineering days. I always filled up a pot with water before bed. Originally this made for quicker starts on a cold morning. This technique stayed with me over the years of car-truck camping and now I...