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Rho Rhidge Camp - June 20 etc.

Post by hambone » Sun Jun 15, 2014 11:16 am

Planning on heading up there next week for a few days, on top of the Rho Ck. Trail. If you've camped down below, this is an interesting change, higher elevation at 4400'. Lots of trails up there.
Looks to be nice weather.
If you're interested I will post some directions. :sunny:

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Post by hambone » Mon Jun 16, 2014 11:30 am

Lookin' good up there:

Wednesday Mostly sunny, with a high near 69. West northwest wind around 7 mph.
Wednesday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 42.

Thursday Mostly sunny, with a high near 71.
Thursday Night A slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42.

Friday A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 61.
Friday Night A slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38.

Saturday Mostly sunny, with a high near 65.
Saturday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 41.

Sunday Sunny, with a high near 68.
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Re: Rho Rhidge Camp - June 20 etc.

Post by DjEep » Mon Jun 16, 2014 12:20 pm

Wish I could. Other plans and lack of funds gets in the way.
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Post by hambone » Mon Jun 16, 2014 3:29 pm

Here's where we'll be:
224 to Ripplebrook
46
63 turn right
pass 70
about 3.5 miles LEFT on 6350
stay on 6350 for about 6 miles
at GRAHAM PASS - LEFT on 4670
Bear Camp will be on the right, about 1.5 miles

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Post by hambone » Mon Jun 16, 2014 5:05 pm

What we Learned

Many of our readers commented on “Something is Afoot in Central Oregon,” the Bigfoot story we ran in our summer issue. For one reader, Gene McMullen of Bend, the feature unearthed the long-forgotten memory of an unexplained experience years ago.

Central Oregon Magazine,

First off let me say I seriously doubt any existence of Bigfoot. However the mention of a sighting at Round Lake was like a bolt out of the blue. In 1953, I and a group of friends hiked to Round Lake. In those days it was a 25-mile hike from the junction of the Clackamas and Collowash Rivers. The trail followed the bench above the Collowash for several miles before it forked. The westerly fork dropped down and crossed the river and then continued on to Bagby Hot Springs. Our fork went to Toms Meadows (we stayed the night in the shelter) and then on up to Rhododendron Ridge and then dropped down to Round Lake. Round Lake was really remote in those days. No logging had occurred and no roads penetrated the area above the Collowash-Clackamas junction.

We camped on the northeast side of the lake, which is quite small (8 or 9 acres) near the inlet stream. The next morning I got up early and fished the southeast side of the lake just at sunrise and then worked my way back to camp. Later that day my friend and I went out on the lake in a crude log raft. On our way out we looked across to the area I had fished that morning and saw what we thought was an old stump, maybe seven or eight feet tall. We mentioned how much it looked like a big person and kind of joked about it when we were down the lake and out of sight of the apparition.

Our other friend did not feel well and stayed back in camp. Suddenly, he appeared at the lake edge hollering at us to get back to camp quickly. When we got back, he said something big had come down into the brush along the creek and shook the brush violently. He also stated that whatever it was smelled very bad. Since he ran out of camp in a hurry, he never stayed for further observation. When we all got back to the camp there was nothing there out of the ordinary. When we looked across the lake to where we had seen the thing, it wasn’t there. We all panicked, packed our backpacks and headed down, cross-country, to the Upper Collowash. The whole event shook up our young minds, as one might imagine. I was 16 and the other two were 18.

I still think maybe what we saw was a big old bear, but it was just weird to have someone mention a sighting at Round Lake, a small remote area that not many people visit, even today with a logging road within a quarter-mile. My friends are now deceased but both of them insisted to their deaths that they had seen Bigfoot.

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Post by hambone » Tue Jun 17, 2014 4:19 pm

All packed and ready! Maybe I'll have a few surprise visitors out there.
It is exciting to get back up into the high country again, it's been a while. Short season...
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Post by hambone » Sun Jun 22, 2014 5:19 pm

One hell of a camp, you guys missed a good one. Kept thinking someone would show up, but NO.
Only saw 1 motorcycle in 4 days! Just abandoned trails wilderness and peace. Hardly any mosquitoes...
Rho is awesome, nearly forgotten up there despite the clearcuts etc.
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Post by ruckman101 » Sun Jun 22, 2014 8:44 pm

It was my last weekend of peace on the homefront before the onslaught of Camp Easter begins. Gretchen is lighter, and the garden is coming along. Glad you had a good time, solstice and all.


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