The Hills are Alive with the Sound of Corvallis

 

Yesterday I went on a hike from Chip Ross Park to Dimple Hill and back.  The entire way, I used all of about 500 feet of the same trails.  This photo is near the east entrance to Chip Ross, hiking up the grass-covered hills.

 

 

The oak trees in the middle of the frame are in a gully that bisects the large grass area of Chip Ross Park.

 

 

Corvallis down below.

 

 

Looking into the ravine.  There is a LOT of poison oak in the ravine and in the grass on either side of it.

 

 

 

The hillside is incredibly steep.

 

 

 

Walking along lower Dan’s Trail toward Dimple Hill.

 

 

 

Under the transmission lines.

 

 

 

 

Along the road between Lewisburg Saddle and Dimple Hill.

 

 

On top of Dimple Hill looking south and a little west.

 

 

Corvallis far below.

Terminator: Judgment Day

 

Yesterday Christy and I went up to Chip Ross Park to watch the rise of the machines.  You see, according to one timeline from the Terminator franchise, last night at 8:11pm, Skynet came online.  Shortly thereafter, the missiles would start to fly followed by terminator robots.

 

 

 

We found a good vantage point to watch the nukes hit Eugene.  Corvallis being a rather small place, we assumed that no nukes would fall close enough to matter initially.

 

 

 

The sun began to sink low in the west as we prepared for the end times.

 

 

 

You can tell Christy is excited for the end of the world.  No more homework assignments!

 

 

 

Getting close to the end.

 

 

 

In case of robot apocalypse, just add three buck chuck.

 

 

 

 

 

We shot a time lapse video as evening turned to night.

 

 

 

Night over Corvallis. Judgment Day never came.  The Connor family must have interfered with the timeline yet again.  How long do we have to wait to salute our robotic overlords?

Rainy hike up Dimple Hill

Today I went on a three hour hike up Dimple Hill from Chip Ross Park with Heather and her doggy.  It poured on us the whole way up and down.  There was also quite a bit of wind.  Lovely hike though.  Too bad we couldn’t get any views up top.