I took a took a trip into the Coast Range only to end up on Plan D and still found some good results thanks to my trusty salamander pond.

I stumbled upon an interesting cave and took a look around.

Here are the flowers and animals surrounding the Devil’s Den area. There is a wide variety of plant and animal life that makes this diverse ecosystem……

The area surrounding the Devil's Den is spectacular in its own right.

In the Southern Oregon Coast Range lies the Devil's Den. We didn't find the devil, but we found an adventure.

Snooping around on lidar, I found a rocky canyon with a waterfall in it. It ended up being one of the most significant locations in the North Umpqua River…

I took a shot at a little-traveled waterfall above Fall Creek Falls, a popular location. It was only 0.3 miles up the creek. Should be a piece of cake, right?

We took a trip down to Northern California and saw some great things at Point Reyes and Sugarloaf Ridge.

I was snooping around looking for caves along Ragged Ridge and found a ton of wildflowers.

I waded into the forests up Steamboat Creek and found a pretty cool waterfall, using lidar both at home and in the field.

I took a trip back to the area around the arch and ended up with a surreal experience that cemented this as one of the more legendary places in my travels.

I took a trip up Little River and hit some old favorites.

I took a break from hunting caves and rock formations and went after some waterfalls.

After taking four failed trips to get under the arch and a better picture, I finally got serious. And I finally got success.

Updated Google Earth images gave me an updated impetus to venture back to Huckleberry Creek.

I stumbled across a rocky area on the map and decided to check it out. When I got there, I found much more than I expected.

My long battle with the Devil’s Staircase came to a head this past spring.

This is the word-lite post containing the macro shots from the Return to Emile Creek.

To get back in the swing of things, I took at trip up Emile Creek to find a new waterfall. Or was it...?

I finally went to the largest waterfall on the North Umpqua River and it did not disappoint.

I took a hike back into Topinka Falls and it reminded me why it's such a great place.

I hit a couple small waterfalls on Emile Creek and I ran down a tall one elsewhere that could open up another adventure later on.

I took a hike back into Topinka Falls and it reminded me why it's such a great place.

I took an ill-fated trip into the Devil's Staircase.  Well...at least 2/3 of the way there...

I went back to a pond I visited previously to attempt some good newt pics. Here's what I found...

I took a solo backpacking trip to Eileen Lake via the Pacific Crest Trail instead of coming in from Linton Lake and saw some amazing views.

I took a solo backpacking trip to Eileen Lake via the Pacific Crest Trail instead of coming in from Linton Lake and saw some amazing views.

My wife and I took a hiking vacation up the McKenzie River and we found some good stuff.

After a decade away, I headed back to Lost Creek Falls.

This is the tale of one of the more impressive places I've been.  This set of pictures is from a few trips back in 2005.

I went back to the area with the Big Cave in it to see if I could find more caves and interesting things.  I was successful in this endeavor.

I had heard a whisper of an impressive cave in Southern Oregon.  Considering caves are pretty hit-and-miss here, I was interested enough to take a wild shot at…

I was looking for waterfalls that were difficult to get to and instead found an odd little mystery way out in the wilderness.

I visited two new waterfalls and had very opposing results.

This trip goes to a few different spots, all up the North Umpqua, and with some ideas regarding the history of Watson Falls.

I kind of stumbled upon a waterfall, not knowing what to expect.  What I found was one of the most unique sites in the state.

I took a solo trip back up into the Linton area to head to the bottom of the remote Duncan Falls.

Jeremiah Osborne-Gowey and I headed into the Linton area for a 2-day off-trail adventure spread over seldom-seen areas of wilderness.

Here's a sleepy walk up the North Umpqua River I took last summer.

This is another sleepy walk up an cool part of the North Umpqua River.

I headed back up Rock Creek with the intent on checking off a couple bushwhack waterfalls and one turned out to be one of the coolest falls in the area.

Criss-crossed messages led me to Zig Zag Falls.

I went back into Willow Creek with the goal being to get better pictures of the upper waterfalls. It's in the Lookout Mountain/Emile area of Little River.

I took a break from the Cascades, hung a left, and headed west into the Coast Range looking for rough-skinned newts and waterfalls.

I headed downstream from Toketee Falls to see what's going on down there.

This was a trip I took up Little River to Little River Rock on a frigid day.

This is a collection of a couple trips I took up Rock Creek looking for two waterfalls that are hard to get to.

Back in December, Jeremiah Osborne-Gowey and I decided to head east of Cottage Grove up Brice Creek to do the Trestle Creek Trail loop.

Lots of fungus among us on the Dread and Terror portion of this trip.

Here are some random waterfalls from along the North Umpqua River.

Right at the beginning of the "Dread and Terror" section of the North Umpqua Trail, there are 3 unique and interesting waterfalls.

This was supposed to be a short stop at Castle Creek, then off to other places.  Predictably, I got caught up in the location and the short trek turned into an…

This is a mix of two trips I took to the very touristy Toketee Falls, with the second trip yielding new results.

This is another trip back up Castle Creek, the most beautiful 600 yards in the Umpqua National Forest.

I recently took two trips to Hemlock Creek, specifically the trail that leads between Hemlock Lake and Lake in the Woods.

This is a collection of macro photos taken up Little River.  They are of small plants and underwater scenes.

I started snooping around an area up Little River on Google Earth and found something worth exploring.

Jeremiah Osborne-Gowey and I headed back up to Linton Creek to see what we had missed the last time and push a little further up.

I headed up Little River to check out Cedar Creek Falls and it did not disappoint.

This is from a couple trips up Cavitt Creek as I headed towards Shadow Falls.  Here's what I found.

This is from a couple trips up Cavitt Creek as I headed towards Shadow Falls.  Here's what I found.

I went on the dependable trail to Wolf Creek Falls and also found a seldom-seen waterfall.

I had a bit of extra time on the way back from Castle Creek, so I hit an unnamed waterfall.

These are the photos of me experimenting with the macro settings on my new camera. 

I took a trip up Castle Creek and it delivered, as always.

I took a solo trip back up to try and get a better view of Sidda Falls.

Here's a quick trip to Yakso Falls and also an unnamed waterfall.

A huge storm hit Oregon. Massive amounts of snow, rain, and wind. So…we decided to head up into the mountains.

Jeremiah Osborne-Gowey was in town, so we headed out for an adventure the likes of which not even The Google had ever seen before.

I took a trip up a nice little creek. It was the first time I'd back up there in many years and I had forgotten how special of an area it is.

In May of ’09, we took a trip up the McKenzie River to visit with Jeremiah Osborne-Gowey and his family and hit some waterfalls.

I took a return trip to Upper Susan Creek Falls during a higher water period and it resulted in tougher hiking and better photos.

Jeremiah Osborne-Gowey and I headed back up the McKenzie to Linton Lake and found an impressive area.

While looking around the topo maps sometime last year, I noticed a faint “Falls” along Highway 138.  It was in an obscure location, so I decided to check it…

The waterfall which drew my blood last summer put up one last heroic fight to keep its secrets.  It lost.

The journey detailing all of the unnamed waterfalls along Willow Creek has now been completed.

This is a collection of pictures from 2 or 3 trips to the waterfalls on Willow Creek.

We finally got around to going to The Devil's Staircase.  Maybe next time we'll actually make it there.

We hit the trail between Hemlock Lake and Lake in the Woods and saw some great stuff. 

This is from a family camping trip at Diamond Lake over Labor Day back in 2007.

We went camping and did a little fishing up the North Umpqua.

I was searching around on topo maps and found a twin set of tall, unnamed waterfalls and they are difficult to get to.

Along the East Fork of the Coquille hides a cool spot along the river.

We took a hike up the first two miles of the Swiftwater segment of the North Umpqua Trail today.