DrW wrote:Huckelberry,
Thanks for the geological tour. I enjoyed reading what you had to say about the Wallowa mountains.
From the epic Lake Missoula floods and resulting scab-lands, to the majestic Cascade volcanoes and their lava tube caves, the geology of the Pacific Northwest (and especially the Columbia Plateau in Washington and Oregon) has got to be some of the most varied and interesting anywhere.
Are you a geologist, by the way?
Hi, Dr W, my interest in geology is purely amateur. I enjoy hiking and exploring the natural world. I have read some geology and enjoyed correlating that reading with going out and looking at what is there in the real world. I have been around and over the wallowa mountains enough to have a pretty good picture in my mind of what is there. There have been times I have considered that the Pacific Northwest would be an excellent location for a visual program exploring geological history. So much is visible because so much has happened in what is geologically recent time.
The boy scout camp at Lake Wallowa was the starting point for my first journey into those mountains. I was a boy scout and I fell in love. The rock is a confusing jumble at first , I could not help but ask how all this fits together. Over time being able to see the larger picture instead of just a couple of places the logic of the place started to appear, I found that fascinating.
You may or may not be aware that the camp has been closed for quite a few years. There was a flooding destruction which was not repaired. I was never a part of the logic of not reopening it so I do not know the why. It is too bad . However the trails upward still start at the same spot.
That camp is probably a special place for quite a few people.