Workamping in Sumpter Oregon at the Sumpter Valley Gold Dredge was my favorite workamping experience to date. I enjoyed the work, the people, where I parked, the weather and the entire area. The picture highlights from the two months I spent there follow. Outside the Dredge It’s funny. Have you ever done this? I would […]
Last week, I introduced my two month workamping experience at the Sumpter Valley Gold Dredge in Sumpter, Oregon. Today, I want to share some of the special events that took place while I was there. For such a small town, half way up a mountain, your first thought was probably the same as mine. How […]
I spent two months in a tiny mountain town in Eastern Oregon called Sumpter. Population 200. It marked my fourth workamping assignment, my third in Oregon with Oregon State Parks. I left my month in John Day, Oregon, where I workamped at Kam Wah Chung and arrived at the historic Sumpter Valley Gold Dredge on […]
During my time as a tour guide at Kam Wah Chung, I found it hard to give more than two tours a day. I did okay with three, once in a while. But on the couple occasions where I did four, I was completely hoarse by the end of the day. On my tours, I […]
Before I give you the official “tour” of Kam Wah Chung, I thought I’d share some of the many photos I took of the place. This photo essay post will be bookended between last week’s post about my workamping experience at Kam Wah Chung and the tour itself. Sign on the main street of John […]
I took a lot of photos during my two weeks as a volunteer for HistoriCorps at the Soderberg Bunkhouse. Many didn’t fit into articles I wrote about volunteering and about my experience. So, you know what that means? It’s time for another photo essay. These are non-duplicative photos from the previous Soderberg Bunkhouse and HistoriCorps […]