HeyJaredJeff Petersen
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Day Tripper: Scenic skyline road follows ridges into high country (opens the original)
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I drive through an apocalyptic scene of wildfire smoke attempting to smother Walla Walla and wonder if a drive up Kendall Skyline Road is such a good idea. The Paradise Fire in the Walla Walla watershed is making life in the city a living hell. By the time I get to Dixie, though, most of the smoke has cleared. I drive through Dayton and turn south on the road to Bluewood Ski Area. A mile or so later I turn east by the cemetery and catch the Kendall Skyline Road into wheat country. About 5 miles
Happy Trails: Oregon Butte trail transformed by recent wildfire (opens the original)
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A sea of pink fireweed washes through the burned snags on the trail to Oregon Butte. The hike southeast of Dayton is a full-day commitment. To get there, turn onto the road to Bluewood ski resort (North Touchet Road) and about a mile later, left onto Kendall Skyline Road near the Dayton City Cemetery. Drive about 50 minutes until turning left onto Forest Road 4608 just short of Godman Guard Station. Beware: The road sign is hidden by vegetation. Drive about 30 minutes to the Teepee Trailhead. Ac
Day Tripper: Palouse back roads reveal hidden treasures (opens the original)
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I take the road less traveled for a Sunday drive deep into the heart of the Palouse. Or maybe I am near the kidneys. Whatever. Over each rise, airy vistas and alluring views abound of this one-of-a-kind region that starts just north of Walla Walla. Harvest is underway and field art abounds. The lines tires make gathering the wheat provide every kind of doodle imaginable. Itâs an artist palette of fields rolling to the horizon. Distant coulees catch sunlight and shadow as clouds cross the sun.
Happy Trails: Improbable trail up Beacon Rock unveils big views (opens the original)
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Be prepared for an urban mob scene â and good people watching. Beacon Rock, the 848-foot plug of an ancient volcano, poses for Columbia River Gorge calendar shots 35 miles east of the Portland-Vancouver megalopolis. Even at noon Thursday the parking lot is jammed. I have driven here 200 or so miles on the âstress-freeâ Washington side of the Columbia River. After shaking out the travel kinks, I start up the trail to the first switchbacks. Itâs a wonder the trail was even built onto the s
Day Tripper: Biscuit Ridge Road climbs into the Blue Mountains (opens the original)
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I have no patience, though, for this pair. Theyâre standing in the middle of Biscuit Ridge Road looking as if they are debating squirrel politics. They seem to be in no hurry to end the squabble over whether they live in an oak tree-infested republic or a walnut-tree infested democracy. Finally the squirrels look up and notice me, the driver with the vein pulsing in his forehead, and bound away into the dingleberries. I continue on, calmer now, past a lone hen turkey searching a meadow for gru
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