{"id":1075,"date":"2012-09-15T20:27:25","date_gmt":"2012-09-16T03:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peachylife.net\/blog\/?p=1075"},"modified":"2012-09-15T20:27:25","modified_gmt":"2012-09-16T03:27:25","slug":"eagle-cap-wilderness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/2012\/09\/15\/eagle-cap-wilderness\/","title":{"rendered":"Eagle Cap Wilderness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back in mid-August Greg and I spent a week exploring the Eagle Cap Wilderness in the Wallowa Mountains of northeast Oregon. What a beautiful place! We plan to go there again next summer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cheryl_hill\/7848666622\/\" title=\"Cute Little Island by Just Peachy!, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7125\/7848666622_c66d8c9073_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" ><\/a><br \/>\nMaxwell Lake, the destination of a beautiful day hike we did on our first day<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cheryl_hill\/7873181374\/\" title=\"A sight for sore eyes by Just Peachy!, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8286\/7873181374_a883a796b5_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" ><\/a><br \/>\nHorseshoe Lake, where we camped the first night of our four-day three-night backpacking trek<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cheryl_hill\/7881001054\/\" title=\"Horseshoe Lake by Just Peachy!, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7106\/7881001054_00e5842892_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" ><\/a><br \/>\nHorseshoe Lake at dusk<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cheryl_hill\/7900851848\/\" title=\"At Culper Pass by Just Peachy!, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8440\/7900851848_cc6bc6b870_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" ><\/a><br \/>\nView from Culper Pass looking down on Moccasin Lake, Mirror Lake (where we camped that night) and Upper Lake<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cheryl_hill\/7823460362\/\" title=\"Mirror Lake by Just Peachy!, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7277\/7823460362_aea9f83976_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" ><\/a><br \/>\nSunset at Mirror Lake that night<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cheryl_hill\/7943662244\/\" title=\"Morning at Mirror Lake by Just Peachy!, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8182\/7943662244_c1acf6b546_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" ><\/a><br \/>\nThe next morning at Mirror Lake<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cheryl_hill\/7930187732\/\" title=\"Sunshine Lake by Just Peachy!, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8182\/7930187732_cc0d9e7160_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" ><\/a><br \/>\nSunshine Lake, just down the trail from Mirror Lake<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cheryl_hill\/7937221622\/\" title=\"Glacier Lake by Just Peachy!, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8175\/7937221622_658a8bc08f_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" ><\/a><br \/>\nLooking down on Glacier Lake, where we would camp our final night<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cheryl_hill\/7937506618\/\" title=\"River crossing by Just Peachy!, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8173\/7937506618_f78b0e50cc_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" ><\/a><br \/>\nGreg crossing the outlet of Glacier Lake<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cheryl_hill\/7838850668\/\" title=\"Glacier Lake by Just Peachy!, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8424\/7838850668_1befd84f77_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" ><\/a><br \/>\nDusk at Glacier Lake<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cheryl_hill\/7947351686\/\" title=\"Goodbye, Glacier Lake by Just Peachy!, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8169\/7947351686_ae01abb783_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" ><\/a><br \/>\nMorning at Glacier Lake<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cheryl_hill\/8000252041\/\" title=\"Exploration by Just Peachy!, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8455\/8000252041_c31290e74f_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" alt=\"Exploration\"><\/a><br \/>\nExploring Mt. Howard, which we summited via a handy tram<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cheryl_hill\/8006403917\/\" title=\"Lower Bonny Lake by Just Peachy!, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8318\/8006403917_0949013662_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" alt=\"Lower Bonny Lake\"><\/a><br \/>\nLower Bonny Lake, the destination of our last day hike of the trip<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cheryl_hill\/8009415995\/\" title=\"Dollar Pass landscape by Just Peachy!, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8459\/8009415995_44368f29c7_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" ><\/a><br \/>\nLooking west from Dollar Pass<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cheryl_hill\/8023692206\/\" title=\"Point Prominence Lookout by Just Peachy!, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8316\/8023692206_ec0bb9fa24_z.jpg\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" ><\/a><br \/>\nThe fire lookout at Point Prominence, which we drove most of the way to before the road got too rough<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cheryl_hill\/8025418270\/\" title=\"Mt. Harris Lookout by Just Peachy!, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8034\/8025418270_3d3d972db3_z.jpg\" width=\"425\" height=\"640\" ><\/a><br \/>\nThe fire lookout on Mt. Harris, which has been abandoned by the Forest Service and now serves as support for radio equipment<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cheryl_hill\/8025483020\/\" title=\"Admiring the view by Just Peachy!, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8449\/8025483020_3565019b30_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" ><\/a><br \/>\nAdmiring the view at Vinny Viewpoint<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cheryl_hill\/8026840631\/\" title=\"DSC_0981 by Just Peachy!, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8462\/8026840631_22c2990f57_z.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"425\" ><\/a><br \/>\nThe cab blew off the top of the fire lookout on Goodman Ridge a few years back<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in mid-August Greg and I spent a week exploring the Eagle Cap Wilderness in the Wallowa Mountains of northeast<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/2012\/09\/15\/eagle-cap-wilderness\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Eagle Cap Wilderness<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[45,71,93],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1075"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1075\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cherylhill.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}