FUNEMPLOYED ROUND 3

OPAL CREEK   I've never seen such coke bottle green nor felt such cold water in my 36 years on this planet. I had been reading a...


OPAL CREEK 

I've never seen such coke bottle green nor felt such cold water in my 36 years on this planet. I had been reading about this place for a while now and was incredibly stoked to take advantage of a workless Monday to see if for myself. Unfortunately, one full dip resulted in my entire body seizing up and I realized it's still a little too cold for a nice swim. On the other hand, I did get the opportunity to learn what it would be like to live life as an ice cube.












Not long after entering the rocky backcountry roads, it became apparent that we should have taken Monica's Jeep. I began having flashbacks of our accidental trip near the Mojave in my BMW, except this time we had a full tank of gas. 




Upon taking one of the offshoots, we encountered a very drunk shirtless young man flagging us down in the middle of nowhere. He was armed with a pistol on his side and I instantly had thoughts of a Deliverance-type scenario, but thankfully his car battery was just dead a couple miles up the gravel road and neither of us had to squeal like a pig. Gave them a quick jump and went about our business. 







   








 














I'm Rob, a freelance creaive director, art director, and designer living in the PNW. Most days are spent with both feet in nature along with my pig dogs and wife. We moved to Portland by way of Los Angeles California, April of 2016. Taking pictures, drawing pictures, designing things, and flipping rocks in the forest looking for living things are some of our favorite things.

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