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Jun
8
A Week Solo in the Owyhees
I'm taking a week to hike solo through what many claim is the most remote and isolated region of the lower 48 states of America: the Owyhee Mountains and River Wilderness.
My week away is devoted mainly to photography. I'll be pursuing an aesthetic experience of light and form in nature.
I plan to photograph some hidden petroglyphs. I'm also hoping to sneak up on the wild horses I've seen in the past out in this area. And I'm hoping for some great sunrise or sunset shots on the steep walls of the Owyhee river canyon.
My time away is also an op
portunity for me to think. The isolation allows me a chance to reflect on my life and the big questions of life in general. I need this kind of reflection to "recharge" my batteries!
I waited until this week in June to make this trip for two reasons:
1. My wife is taking my oldest daughter to Ireland to celebrate her high school graduation. My middle daughter is off to church camp, and my youngest is staying with friends.
2. Idaho has experienced a wet spring. The snow is finally melting in the mountains where I'll be trekking. The creeks and rivers are running very high. There are no bridges where I'm going, so I'll be crossi
ng many creeks and perhaps a river. But it's at least warm enough to walk without heavy jackets.
I'll be walking 70-80 miles. I've been working out to prepare my body. I'm carrying a pack with about 45 pounds, which is as light as I can go with 12+ pounds of photo equipment.
Other than the weather, the only other things that worry me are the mountain lions and the marijuana growers
known to hideout in the remote canyons. As far as I know, there are only a few black bears in the area.
I plan to post some photos when I return. But I'm posting a few here that I've taken recently on some photo hikes.
Tom
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Donald Minter
06.08.2011
4:34pm
Tom, I so love your pics. Hope you will keep them coming. Just fabulous. Recharge my brother! Hope you can join us for the Grand Canyon Rim-to-Rim-to-Rim one of these years. Walk on…!
Hans Deventer
06.08.2011
10:56pm
I’ll be praying for a great time, Tom. Spriritually and photographically.
Jack Holmes
06.09.2011
11:06am
Tom. Sounds great. I pray for your safety, and that you will at least talk to the Lord about some of the ways the Church fathers have misinterpreted the basic truths of the Scriptures, like what is regeneration, and when and how does it occur. The Church is asleep.
Darren
06.15.2011
9:25am
Tom, your photography is awesome. Have a great time recharging!
Deb Reilly
06.22.2011
8:22pm
Beautiful pictures. I always wonder how some can deny such displays of God’s work as “accidental.”