Builds Project Snowball ❄️ 85 FJ60 Cummins 4BT/ HX-30 SUPER/ NV4500/ SOA (3 Viewers)

[Hojack]

Jedidiah Smith Redwoods in N. California.

Boy Scout Tree

 

[Hojack]

Trees of Mystery was well worth the $70 for the family.

Babe the blue ox with serious case of blue balls

 

[Hojack]

Pressure washed and cleaned up the 60 last night in preparation to head to the John Day National Monument and fossil beds in Central Oregon.

Sunset on Mt. Hood

 

[Hojack]

Mt. Hood 11,245’

Mt. Jefferson 10,495’

Central Oregon. 3 Sisters in the background.

 

[Hojack]

Drive yesterday evening between Prineville and Dayville, Oregon. What an great summer drive.

Middle Fork John Day River at Picture Gorge

 

[Hojack]

Exploring the John Day National Monument today.

 

[Hojack]

Got back and played in the S. Fork of John Day at Camp. River was full of crawdads.

Fun around the campfire.

Saturday we headed to look for sea fossils in mountains. The Canyon Creek Fire burned much of the valley.

Looking northeast at the Strawberry Mtns. Just over 9,000’ high.

The altimeter on my speedhut gauges showed the spot a mile high… sea fossils!

 

[Hojack]

Digging for fossils.

What a score. Found a sea urchin fossil. The group has never found a sea urchin fossil here before.

Some clam fossils.

 

[Hojack]

After digging fossils we went and collected some quartzite rock.

Then headed down the S. Fork John Day forest road to camp in Dayville.
We saw a small dirt road and found a nice waterfall on the river. Sean and I decided to go exploring.

The waterfall was strewn with huge boulders and had numerous pools and even a large cave you could climb into with water cascading into it.

 

[Hojack]

Ranch on the S. Fork John Day with Longhorns.

Leaving this morning and took a picture of the entrance of Picture Gorge.
The Middle Fork John Day enters Picture Gorge through a massive fault line that allowed the river to flow through it on the right side of the pic.

Heading though the canyons and what do I find ahead… another 60s series!

The western town of Mitchell, Oregon

The 60 fuel mileage on the highway ranged from 23.5-24.6 mpg. Highest I’d ever seen water temp. @ 205F climbing from Mitchell over Ochoco Summit after passing a Nissan truck. EGT’s can very easily get over 1250F if I’m not watching the gauges. A few times passing I got above 1400F but quickly got them down below 1200F. The 60 is a lot of fun and everyone at the campout talked about it. My wife really enjoys it now but still loves to call it “The Other Women!”

 

[Hojack]

Been so busy. Finally had time to work on the boat so I can go play.

 

[Hojack]

Took a much needed day off to enjoy family time and take the 60 to Boulder Lake. What a great place and basically had it all to ourselves. Went bouldering above the lake for some great pictures and fun scrambling. Caught some Brook Trout fly fishing. Lounged and did nothing on the lake shore. The boulders held the perfect amount of warmth and were actually comfortable to chill out on. Hiked also to Little Boulder Lake. Another great day in the Oregon Cascades. The drive in Snowball Is about as enjoyable as the destination.

 

[4Cruisers]

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Took a much needed day off to enjoy family time and take the 60 to Boulder Lake. What a great place and basically had it all to ourselves. Went bouldering above the lake for some great pictures and fun scrambling. Caught some Brook Trout fly fishing. Lounged and did nothing on the lake shore. The boulders held the perfect amount of warmth and were actually comfortable to chill out on. Hiked also to Little Boulder Lake. Another great day in the Oregon Cascades. The drive in Snowball Is about as enjoyable as the destination.

Any marmots on the talus?

 

[Hojack]

Any marmots on the talus?

Owe ya. Prime habitat for them as you well know.

 

[Thechief86]

Owe ya. Prime habitat for them as you well know.

I've got a really cool video of some Marmots seen near Poughkeepsie Gulch near Ouray, CO. Was up there with my son in the old Subaru last year.
Not sure how to post the video, but the photos are neat, too.

 

[4Cruisers]

My wife and I spotted the legendary rare albino marmot on the west slope of Mt. Massive, but it was too hard to get a good photo or video.

 

[Hojack]

 

[4Cruisers]

That looks like an industrial-scale operation.

 

[Hojack]

That looks like an industrial-scale operation.

54” at the top of stump.

It was a great tree but since it died I’ll have a lot of valuable lumber!

 

[Thechief86]

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54” at the top of stump.
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It was a great tree but since it died I’ll have a lot of valuable lumber!

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That's a hell of a log, Sir! Looks like you got it well before the lumber rotted. Lots of potential for the wood, and tons of character in objects made with old growth timber that we hardly see back east anymore.