{"id":483,"date":"2017-01-15T20:41:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-15T20:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/2017\/01\/15\/along-the-deschutes-part-2"},"modified":"2021-09-28T05:46:32","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T12:46:32","slug":"along-the-deschutes-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?p=483","title":{"rendered":"along the Deschutes (part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<script type=\"text\/plain\" data-tcf=\"waiting-for-consent\" data-id=\"22826\" data-bid=\"1\" data-placement=\"22827\">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<\/script><div style=\"text-align: right;\">The road heading West was long, unassuming and empty. After a few miles of travel, I pull the car off to the side, strap on my pack, and walk into the wilderness.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">I&#8217;ve no idea where the trail leads.<a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/95cb0-ilji4653.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/95cb0-ilji4653.jpg?resize=640%2C456&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"456\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">A couple of miles in, I hear the faint sound of rushing water, which I hope to be the mighty <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rivers.gov\/rivers\/deschutes.php\">Deschutes river<\/a>. I need the life force of this valley to be by my side on my walkabout.<a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/46ee1-cnum7742.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/46ee1-cnum7742.jpg?resize=640%2C456&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"456\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">The waters here go from narrow, rushing rapids at the bottom of a deep canyon gorge to a flooding, wide open plain.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">I watch birds nest in the flooded plains, hold my imaginary son&#8217;s hand on the canyon&#8217;s edge.<a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/04606-ezle8347.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/04606-ezle8347.jpg?resize=640%2C456&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"456\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">At mile five or six I measure the amount of drinking water I have left, trying to gauge how far to continue before I must turn back.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">My mind starts to play tricks on me out here in the open landscape.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">I strap on protection from the unseen dangers that may be lurking around the next bend in the trail.<a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/b9e0c-ifcs7132.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/b9e0c-ifcs7132.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: inherit;\">I find a perch high above the raging water below and get a bite to eat, calming the rampant paranoia that was overwhelming the conscious mind.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right;\">\n<p>A paddle boarder slowly comes into view from behind a tree.<\/p>\n<p>A dog with his owner are playing fetch with a stick.<\/p>\n<p>A man on a mountain bike rides past me in ambiguity.<a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/4e4a9-prif7749.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/4e4a9-prif7749.jpg?resize=640%2C456&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"456\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I watch the rushing water in slow motion, looking for salmon running upstream, or perhaps the glimpse of a greater truth in the water droplets as they dance in mid-air.<\/p>\n<p>I see nothing, which perhaps is everything. I listen to that truth.<\/p>\n<p>Can you hear it too?<a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/784d0-sqao6108.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mywalkabout.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/784d0-sqao6108.jpg?resize=640%2C456&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"456\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a>The Deschutes river goes from a raving mad rush to a stillness that reflects everything. 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