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I spent 3 nights and 4 days In the Owyhee area on the Oregon/Idaho border. This is how it went down:

Notice: this is an area that straddles the Oregon/Idaho border. Since the wtw area system can only have one gallery per area, photos end up in the Idaho gallery. Sorry for any confusion this may cause.

I made plans to meet Home Skillet at the Succor Creek State Natural Area (or Succor Creek State Park depending on what map you are looking at). I arrived early to secure a spot and get dinner started in my new dutch oven.

Entering Succor Creek Canyon:


Snagged a good spot right on the creek:


Home Skillet arrives and the dutch oven and fire are well under way. You can check the results of my dutch oven work in my dutch oven thread.

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With the help of a little beer and a little whiskey, we had a great night:


The next morning Home Skillet tries his luck in the creek:

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There is a lot of rockhounding in this area. Here's a shot of the campground at Succor Creek from a talas slope where we were hunting thundereggs:


Heading south, looking back at the campground:

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Wild clouds:


Next stop, Leslie Gulch. Heading into the gulch:

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I was blown away by Leslie Gulch and I could post a hundred photos and not even begin to capture it so I'll post some here but I encourage readers to check out additional photos in the Owyhee gallery. The fabulous Leslie Gulch:

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I love this shot so here's some more free advertising for our favorite camper company:


We setup at Slocum Creek Campground which was one of the most scenic campgrounds I've ever stayed at:

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Slocum Creek aerial view:


Inspired by Ted I picked up a video camera and did some initial messing around with it:

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We took the dogs to the lake but I wasn't too impressed. Typical reservoir stuff: garbage, dead fish, and enough thorns and stickers to literally render Diego immobile with crap jammed up between his toes.


What I was impressed with were the opportunities to take some cross country routes up some of the adjacent mountains. The views up here are some of the best I have ever seen anywhere. Climbing the mountain:

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At the top:


Looking back at the gulch:

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View of Lake Owyhee:


Another with different polarization: