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Check it out HERE for some photos from a day of adventuring in Oregon and Washington’s Blue Mountains.

For more details on a day of exploring continue below.

At 12:30 on a lovely friday afternoon that brought the first rain of the year to Walla Walla, Oliver Wood, Sophie Davis, Lindsay Cameron and I set off up Mill Creek with a tank full of gas, 2 very large carrots, and a spirit for adventure. After a brief pause at Whitman’s Johnston Wilderness Campus where we had hoped to find Chinook in Mill Creek we continued upwards. A hike at Indian Ridge managed to get us a little lost and we ended up descending through a very recent clear-cut into the N. Fork of the Walla Walla River which sadly had no water in it. Back to the car and we continued up to where the road split. After stealing a large sign that reads “end of road maintenance” from the junction we asked directions from 4 guys in two jeeps, all of whom had very large hand-guns strapped to their legs.  The sent us off towards Dayton where we hoped to find pie- causing us to drive irresponsibly fast in the now quickly accumulating snow in the worry that the bakery might close. One stop and a very hearty renditions of Taylor Swift’s “Love Story” on “The Wolf” (country radio station) later we found ourselves descending through a beautiful ridge system towards the back side of the Bluewood Ski resort. The backcountry skiing possibilities look absolutely splendid with nice N. facing glades along most of the ridges. We managed to make it back to Walla Walla by 5:30 just in time for dinner commitments. What a lovely rest-bit from the hectic school life!