Leslie Gulch BLM Oregon

The road into the area. 

The start of the trail. Basically you follow a creek bed and scramble up rocks. 

Husband and I have always been curious enough about where paths lead to park the car and get out and walk. However, this is my first time carrying a pack. I really want to do a backpacking adventure so I need to practice. My pack weighed 12 lbs, it's a start. I also am clueless about how to attach my new walking poles, hoping to figure that out. 

We saw butterflies, but none waited for a photo, and wild flowers. 

The area looks a lot like Utah. But is closer to home. 

This is the view from the top. I really learned how to use my poles getting up here. 

Owl pellet

We followed a different branch of the creek back to the car and I had to figure out how to get down from the top of this big rock. Dennis found a way down and then reached above his head to help me down. Scary!

Are we lost?

We went out geocaching this weekend in some public land.  This road was a little scary.

Most of the caches were hidden like this.  Tubes in the ground, some in bushes, some not, and then blood tubes in the top of those.

Some had great views!

We left the jeep and walked to about 6 of the caches.  Can you see her back there?

How about now?

We were in the area labeled BLM PUBLIC LANDS.  Since it was beginning to get dark we decided to leave and after some exploration discovered the only way out was the way we went in.  Other areas looked like they would lead out, but they didn't.  We even got to the point of seeing a paved road, but having a locked gate between us and it. :(  That black dotted line crossing the area is supposed to be a powerline - we never found it.

Even the gps couldn't help us find our way out.  She finally shut herself off.

When we got her back on, she still was no help.

We did find our way out after much laughter.