OUTBACK, PART ONE - An Oregon High Desert Documentary
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- Опубліковано 7 чер 2024
- There is nothing like the Oregon Outback. Nothing at all. No matter how many times we try to define it this place never ever lets us go. It could be the silence therein? The life hidden out of sight, but moreover for most of us, it's something much grander than we can describe.
This is Part 1 of a three-part mini film series I decided to produce on the Oregon Outback - the wild, and undiscovered high desert of eastern Oregon. Each film will highlight two to three key areas in the outback along with primers to the Great Basin ... a landscape unknown by most of America. Part 1 visits two places and mostly sets the stage for a prime introduction to the Oregon portion of the Great Basin.All voice over, video work, and professional photography were made by me.
This is my take, my feelings, and my vision about what I believe to be the most powerful place in the American West. Enjoy!
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Cover still image for the "Lost Forest" © Public Domain of the BLM
After living the first 35 years of my life in Oregon, your commentary and photography have reminded me how much I miss it. I hope to return some day. Thank you.
I was happy to stumble across this video. I’m a Central Oregon girl, born and raised. Before so many houses started going up around Grizzly Mtn, my brother and sister and I used to go exploring in the junipers. We found a lovely little stream with a freezing cold swimming hole at the bottom of the hill. I don’t think that stream is even there anymore. Someone bought the land and plopped a McMansion right about where that stream used to be about seventeen years ago. Even so, some of my favorite childhood memories take place there. I still feel a spiritual draw to those hills.
Nicely done. I was bitten by that basin bug some 40 years ago and it still hasn't lost it's grip. There are times I sit down somewhere with no signs of human interference and just sit. Most times I end up dozing, and almost every time it ends with a deep pain of solitude and a compassion for those that have tried to live there in decades past.
Couldn't agree more. That deep pain of solitude you speak of is infectious. So much to see and so little time.
You totally capture the oura of this incredibly unique place. Nowhere else quiet like eastern Oregon and its high desert. Hope our paths cross out there some day bud. Cheers.
That energy is everywhere out there. I'm looking forward to it. 😊
"This is a place calls you, this is a place that grows on you, and this is a place that sucks you in and NEVER EVER LETS YOU GO."
I have been going to eastern Oregon since the 1970's and no truer words have been spoken about this place. IT NEVER EVER LETS YOU GO.
Thank you for putting into words for exactly what I have been feeling ever since my first trip to the Oregon outback.
Dang the High Desert and it's claws that sink in. Absolutely, my friend. See you out there!
It is reassuring to find someone who loves the high dessert as much as me.
We're in good company, my friend!
I will be moving back to Oregon Outback to live off grid and with nature. There is no place like it for my soul.
I totally and utterly get it. Your secret is safe with me. 👍
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One of the few magic places where you can still hear your own heartbeat.
A magical place indeed 🎩💜💜💜
After sifting through many videos to show students, about the uniqueness and beauty of this part of Oregon, you put one together that I beleive will most engage and inspire.
Inspiration delivered. Thanks so much!
@@pics395 I have been biking for the past year & inspired to ride out to this area from Yakima.
Fantastic work sir. One could definitely find the stillness out there. Beautiful!
And never ending. On point, my friend 👍
One thing about central oregon that i wont ever forget is, the smell of the juniper trees.
And the geology is incredibly fascinating. Like nowhere else on earth. Remnants of super volcanic calderas So huge that you do not know you are within one.
My favorite piece of peace
This is the Oregon I love
I second, then third that comment.
Evolution described at its best. Love this area to visit. Nice video.
Thank you! Happy wanderlust 👍
Just saw this tonight and smashed the like and sub buttons. Great stuff! I've driven around the Great Basin several times and it is absolutely fascinating. The silence can indeed be deafening. I'm on the wet side of the Cascades but love the high desert.
As a word of encouragement, greatly looking forward to part two. Part one was beautiful and informative!
Thanks so much. Part 2 is on its way. VERY VERY soon!
Loved the video. The narrative was soothing and a beautiful video. You are great with words. I'm a native born in Oregon on the coast. I was to John Day once in my childhood years. I didn't have the care or wisdom then to remember what I was seeing. Your video has opened my eyes to our beautiful desert. However late in life I can no longer travel. Thank you for taking me with you. I would not have know the beauty of our Outback otherwise. Amazing!
So much wonder east of the Cascades, right?! Thanks so much for your kind words 😊
My favorite region
Had a small taste of this neighborhood around Fields, fantastic, would love a return trip.
Fields is fantastic. Keep exploring, my friend!
Truly stunning. Thank you for sharing. It’s so nice someone can show it’s beauty. I miss living in as well as exploring the desert.
For sure, and thanks for tuning in. Part Two is in the works!
I enjoyed the poetic nostalgia of this piece.
Thanks so much. Part 2 is on the way VERY VERY soon.
Part 1 was very interesting, but Part 2 is captivating. The photography is wonderful, but your dialog is what really got me. I've seen several overlanding videos from S/E Oregon, but none reveal it's beauty and personality like you have. It leaves me anxious for more. Thank you!
Wow, thanks so much! I'm truly honored. I'm in the process of choosing the locations for Part 3, which is definitely a tall order. So many places, so little time.
Awesome video. Keep on exploring!
Our greatest secret is No one knows about the wonderful peace this place gives ... Thank you for reminding me why I refuse to move even though it may be "better for me" according to my medical needs. ... I truly believe I'm where I belong n just forget from time to time... Thanks for reminding me.
We do forget! ... but then we're reminded everyday we look out the window. And then everything is fine again. Thanks so much for the kind words! Stay happy, stay healthy.
Very nice. Thanks!!
It's funny to me that after growing up in Auburn CA I wanted to go to school in Humboldt county, I was so interested and captivated by the lush fern forests and still am. Then I moved to McCloud CA and did some solo road trips up to the southern east side of Oregon and was just amazed, it's pretty much the opposite of what I thought I really felt at home in but i couldn't believe how happy it made the soul to be in such a desolate dry expanse of beauty, no one I've met recommends this area, is it just not for everyone?, just simply not popular? I'm not sure. But wow, beautiful video man, great info, and photography. So excited to get back up there soon 🙏 many thanks!
Austin, that's interesting that nobody recommends the area. Speaking from a local's point of view, I can say it's probably keep things on the down-lo. Simply, those who live out here simply want to keep it wild and quiet. Oregon's high desert (Eastern Oregon) doesn't see nearly the tourist crowd as Oregon's western forested side. But, that's quickly changing. Eastern Oregon and the Outback is easily one of the most infectious and addictive places in the world. Thanks so much for the kind words. Get out there and see it more. I won't tell!
@@pics395 Haha! I dig it Stanley, your the man, many thanks and look forward to seeing more of your work 👍🙏
we have every landscape in Oregon the beach, rainforests, snowing Mt's, desert & sage & everything in between i've lived here all my life 43 years traveled all over the state and i'd never leave here, Portland has had some very rough times lately but my grandparents left Ireland in 1920 landed on the east coast, headed west because NY was hard on Irish & Italian immigrants so headed west until the arrived here & here we will stay " O "
Indeed. I'm convinced you can see all 50 states right here in the "O." We even have a bit of Hawaii, Alaska, and if you look closely in some areas, Puerto Rico.
Some people go to school for Journalism and photography. Dude you're a Natural! You are great journalist ! Thank you for the great videos!
Wow, what a comment. Thank you so much! Part 2 is on the way.
Awesome production. Great video. Thank you. I've always wanted to go to oregon. Truly Americas outback.
It's gloriously beautiful in it's silence .👍⛩️
Thank you! I've got an Oregonian friend who whines about how anyone could love the California desert, but when I pointed out to him that Malheur and its surroundings are also a spectacular desert, he didn't even want to talk about it. We've spent weeks wandering around there, driving from sand sailing to a glacier high above it, through dozens of microclimates on the way.
Great story! The CA desert is unique. I'll give it that. It's actually three deserts, but there's one magical ingredient that it's missing. Isolation. I suppose if you go far enough in any of the California deserts, you can get away from people, but it's nothing compared to our desert. Somehow, with its endless surprise factors and nooks and crannies, our desert just feels like home!
Kinda weird but very cool to see my house in your video. Always interesting to see other peoples perspective.
Nice job my friend 😎👊
Thank you, sir! Much appreciated, my friend 🤘
You keep talking about the silence. I was somewhere in the outback around McDermitt on an extended rockhounding trip when it occurred to me, "I'd never known silence until I heard it". This is an awesome video - please stop making them. The secret will get out! LOL. Thanks for doing these videos.
McDermitt is awesome. It forever stole my soul decades ago when I lived in Nevada. Disaster Peak *rocks* especially if you circle back into the Trout Creek or Oregon Canyon Mountains. Silence is a reward that only us who make the effort will be treated to out there. That entire corner of the world is sacred. Thanks so much for watching. Hope to see you out there. 👍
Very nice video and I get it about he high desert. First came here as a child and in college, and now I get to live and play here everyday. Never stop exploring !
For sure! Onward. Now, we sail a new course on our sea of sagebrush in search of adventure. Be safe out there ... sea legs and all.
❤❤❤oh how i miss my beautiful high desert,and I want to go home!😢😢😢please..
Very good! I haven't been to either the Lost Forest or Crack in the Ground yet so this was really neat to watch and I share your sentiments.
It's certainly a long way out there, yet always tine well wasted. Thanks so much for the kind words 😊
So beautiful. Thanks!
Nice video! I call the High Desert my home! It truly is a beautiful place.
Good stuff brother. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks so much!
Check out the Secret life of the Deserts of the Pacific Northwest-A 17 episode series we filmed in 2019-2021. You are in my favorite place in Oregon. Mike Denny
I never knew there was high dessert in Oregon untill recently 😯
That's usually the case! Few people know that most of Oregon is very very diverse desert/steppe country. It's pretty unexpected. We have it all.
Lots of fun stories about the Oregon outback, well that and all of southeastern Oregon. Pretty remote out that way - which makes it inviting and I'm sure it would be amazing to explore.
Love it.
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It really is a treasure and anecdote all rolled into one. Steens-Alvord is coming next month. Thanks so much!
Great video man ! God is miss the high desert
When you decide to come back and visit we'll greet you back with open arms. Thanks so much!
Grew up in Burns and I knew some great people from Christmas valley. 145
Thank you for the video I am heading out there this weekend in my Jeep with the rooftop tent maybe I'll see you sometime
For sure. Follow the scent of granola bars and Mountain Dew ... and you'll find me.
I've got 319 acres south east of Burns near Crystal Crane Hot Springs I'll sell you. It has sage, grasses, jack rabbits, pronghorn, deer, stock well and a slough running thru it. It's quiet except for the occasional moo.
I wonder, does the maker of this video listen to the Risky Biscuit Hayseed Hoot radio show? I first learned about Edward Abbey on there, and I was tickled to hear his name mentioned in this video. Sort of like the Hunter S. Thompson of the environmentalist philosophy.
Nice, but the music volume makes it hard for old folks like me to hear what you are saying. Been many years since I was out that way, awesome area.
I always thought Oregon was beautiful
Another Pentax man. A rare breed. That deserves a subscribe. Keep exploring. Keep learning. Stay young.
Be still my heart
I purchased some land in Christmas valley. Hope to be moving there so. Going to be completely off grid. I'd love if you can give me some info about what it's like to live there. It's gorgeous
Christmas Valley is definitely a unique world. The sand dunes are on my list of places to feature (spoiler alert). If you drive east on Christmas Valley Road all the way to US 395, you'll hit absolutely nothing but sand and sage. Then, you have a world of possibilities from there. North to Burns and John Day, south to Lakeview and Hart Mountain. Great choice in places to live. I wish you the best, Erica!
@@pics395 thank you for getting back to me. My land is located near the Radar(?) by the Dunes. I've only seen it on Google Maps lol
Lost forest was created from seeds blown there by the eruption of mount mazama and next door lost dunes ash from mount mazama.
That makes a ton of sense. Lost Forest just shouldn't exist, but it does. Ma Nature's resilience in the bleakest of places?
Another unsettling fact of dry, Eastern Oregon is..........(ta da)....Valley Fever. Typically a soil fungus of California and Arizona, Valley Fever cocci spores are being found in Eastern Oregon. And it can make you deathly sick if you breath in the spores.
Yes, good point! A lot of people who move to the high desert have no idea that it exists out here. The same thing occurs in Nevada and throughout the Basin. The cost of an immaculate daily backdrop, I guess?
Looks like Northeast Wyoming
I've been to Wyoming before, but never the northeast section. I think a roadtrip is in order.
Please seek help lol jk I live here nice vid thanks
Helped sought out. My medicine is the high desert 😂
So why are you at 8;21 driving on the right side of your truck?? Try to make a creative answer please.
I had it recording while mounted on my dash with the camera forward-facing. When you film yourself it flips the images. Hope that helps!
Thanks, it dose@@pics395
Off the music. Silence doesn't need accompaniment.
For sure, thanks for the advice. I'll try this for Part 2 (coming soon)!
I think the music backing is well done. Adds something to the effect, and your narrations are well done and spaced correctly. The right balance of narration and silence for supporting thought and the emotional responses.
@@dalewiley1756 Thanks Dale. Weeks of thought went into each piece of audio, including the music. With tubs of ice cream to keep me going, I obsessed over the timing in particular so it wouldn't overpower the content. What you see is the end-product and the result of about 54 bowls of ten flavors of ice cream. Thanks so much. 👍
Turn the sound off. Simple fix.