Steam & Excursion > .

.



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 04/19/20 22:47 by F40PHR231.

Two beautiful images.
Imagine how hot the cab of 4449 was since it was 107 degrees in the river valley.
Bob

superb!   must have been 120 in the cab, lets put an rv a/c unit on the cab or a swamp cooler!

F40PHR231 Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> A trip to the Deschutes is not complete without
> interacting with a rattlesnake 🐍 While using a
> campground's pit 🚻, a rattlesnake slithered
> along the external side of the door, which is
> sealed when closed, but has an inch of clearance
> while open. When I opened the door outward, it
> caught and rolled the snake over, placing it right
> at my feet between me and the door, and I leaped
> over it before it could reorient itself. I wasn't
> about to step back and let myself be trapped in a
> room with an approaching angry snake where the
> only way out is to jump down into the turd pit
> (even that doesn't guarantee the snake won't
> follow!) 😆

Now you're reminding me of the movie "Slum Dog Millionaire".  Glad the interaction didn't leave a mark, thanks for the pix!

mapboy

Ah! The Hazards of Railfannig! (Nice pics by the way) And Your very lucky,that was probably one hot and upset snake! Possibly living under the PP. I used to wear shin-high snake boots while railfanning out in the Nevada or Idaho desert in the summer, just in case any nasty critters came along, while all my attention was on the camera's viewfinder, and all alone in the middle of nowhere!

Jim Baker
Riverside, CA

Chris, nice job capturing the immense walls of the Deschutes canyon that most people don't get in their photos. What a clean stack on the 49. Pat or Jack?

nycman Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Chris, nice job capturing the immense walls of the
> Deschutes canyon that most people don't get in
> their photos. What a clean stack on the 49. Pat
> or Jack?


Jack on the Saturday pic, and Mike Manwiller on the Sunday one.

Thanks for taking these great shots! I saw these locations while scouting around. Choosing a location along the Oregon Trunk is a challenge, because there are so many possibilities.

I've had rattlesnake encounters, but most of them before I became an incurable foamer. The big ones typically don't attack unless they think the situation is dire. I've been tasked with a stick to move them off the trail on several occasions, when other hikers were unwilling to do that. I pissed one off enough that it made sure I heard it rattle for at least from quarter mile away... but it never uncoiled and attacked.

The little ones are the ones I'm afraid of. I've seen them spray out their venom when I try to move them off-trail.

Luckily, I only saw shed snake skin yesterday.

Did u not hear it rattle,,,

Posted from Android

Fantastic photos like the composition.....but all of us wanted to see a photo of the pissed off snake.....:)

Posted from iPhone

nycman Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Chris, nice job capturing the immense walls of the
> Deschutes canyon that most people don't get in
> their photos. What a clean stack on the 49. Pat
> or Jack?

I 2nd this comment about nice catch of whole canyon walls!...and how was the Echo sound of that whistle?

Jim Baker
Riverside, CA

Didn't your interpiter warn u

Posted from Android

Fishing question if I may......Anyone know what the general fishing regulations are in this stretch ? Would love to throw a line while photographing the railroad.