Tag: Sexton Mountain

Picture Parade Four Hundred and Seventy-Five

Recent photographs of Sexton Mountain.

When my son and his partner, Lisa, were with us, just over a week ago, Alex suggested that he and I explored Sexton Mountain; some three miles to the North-East, as the crow flies. Normally the final stretch has to be walked because of a locked gate across the trail. However, that day the last 8/10ths of a mile were driven. It was a beautiful place with that summit 3,833 feet above sea-level (U.S. Geological Survey).

The Summit.

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The original fire lookout.

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Confirmation of the year – 1920.

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We descended 200 feet to be clear of the overhead cables. This is the view looking towards the South; the road being the I-5.

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Another view from the same location.

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Dad and son.

It was a grand occasion.

Taking a pause today!

Life has conspired with too many distractions.

It’s 11am Thursday at the time of writing this.

We have a visit to our property in a little over 2 hours time from the other students, Rhianna, our teacher, and mentors from the Land Stewardship course that Jean and I undertook at Oregon State University in the Spring.

I seemed to have picked up a Summer head cold that is making me more grumpy than usual!

Plus I have to focus on an interesting ‘project’ that I will write about early next week.

So there!

Let me leave you with these two pictures of the softness of cloud and low mist that brought some much-needed rain to us a few days ago.

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Looking out to the North-East with Sexton Mountain, some 5 miles away, just off picture to the left.

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Looking East across our fields to the forest beyond.

If anyone wants to put these pictures into context, there was a property map published in the LfD post of the 22nd, Sing for the trees.