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Thank u OPB for giving us this gift of nature's beauty(Oregon!) and thanks to special people like Bob and his lovely daughter who have shared it with the rest of us who need to experience it vicariously despite not being aware that they do!

That was really lovely. There is something magical about going to old, abandoned places, and visiting them again, and reaching down into the mists of time.

OPB does such a good job with these kinds of short films. This really conveys the sense of discovery and reverence for the past that it would behoove us all to have when we walk upon trails in the wilderness. Yes, indeed, these remnants from another era are time machines. Thank you!

The Jackpot Meadows trail goes from a trailhead south of Trillium Lake, crosses FS road 58, and ends at a junction with the PCT. It is a section of the Oregon Skyline Trail. While doing volunteer maintenance on it with Trailkeepers of Oregon, I found a bit of old iron telephone wire that the forest service once used to communicate between the Clackamas Lake ranger station and a lookout tower, and an old sign with a tree growing around it. This section of trail is in good shape now and easy to find.

When I was younger and physically able I used to hike and camp a lot. Watching this I losr it and cried when the shot of full moon came up. I'd give just about anything to sleep outin the woods under a full moon one more time. The night air, sound of wind or water. Smell of evergreens and campfire smoke tinyfrissons of fear about an unwanted confrontation with a bear, wa,king upto a chilly damp morning and lying in my sleeping bag until I felt awake enough to get up. Oregon ' s natural beauty is the BEST ! !

❤ Oregon. I love the oil lamp, very nostalgic. Durning thunder storms when the power would go out my mom would bring one out and we would huddle around watching her light it. I loved to turn it up and down and watch the flame

When I hiked the PCT across Oregon in the 70s signs of the original Skyline Trail were very much evident. There were still a number of signs in the woods that read "Skyline Trail." So I have known about this important route for many decades. At one time there was an attempt to build a Skyline Road that would traverse basically the same route and some sections were indeed built. But the realities of trying to build a road at or near near timberline for all that distance sunk in and it was never finished. Glad to see that not all those historic cabins from the 1930s were destroyed. The USFS destroyed many of them as well as most of the lookouts when they were deemed expendable or not feasible to maintain. Very few of the shelters from the CCC days of the 1930s still exist. Sad, but time marches on.

Being from Oregon this was a bitter sweet reminder of what we have and where we came from.

Anybody else notice the Olympian Hiawatha patch on his backpack? Nice lantern collection, I've been inspired to get my old railroad lantern out again... and also hike some of this old trail for myself.

This is so beautiful! I love Oregon so much! ❤

Beautiful bus, beautiful nature, and people who have a passion, the best kind of show

I have had too many creepy experiences deep in Oregon forests to ever again spend a night there. - Good for this dad and daughter. Love their VW bus!

They are both very lucky to have each other.

Oregon Trail Guide♡Still sparking wonder and respect for the wilderness.

I love stories like this. Thank you for bringing it to your viewers.

Eva is wise to know that she will look back on these times.

As a father, hearing Bob's last comments about how he's gonna miss his daughter was a real tear jersey. Time goes by so fast... to fast really.

I hiked a section of the Skyline in the summer of 1959 from Olallie Lake to Rte 20, 40 miles. It looks the same as the Pacific Crest today. The only people we saw was a coupe claiming to be the first to travel the entire trail on Horseback when they were finished.

Those of us who love "the past" have probably "lived" in "the past"... the fact that these new telescopes can take "pictures" of the "beginning-of-time" tells me that IT'S ALL ONE THING!!!❤🇺🇸❤🇺🇸❤🇺🇸❤🇺🇸❤

So good.

Wait, do people NOT camp with lanterns anymore? Am I old?

But its so easy and so simple: you are the reincarnation of an old ranger. That's all. You used to work and live there.

He's probably hiking way off in the mountains with no protection always carry a gun

It's very sad that this history is being forgotten.