Travel Directions and Tour Guides, Maps and Scenery or if you would rather: Travel Directions and Day Trips for Gathering Light ... a retreat.

Back: Over the River the through the Woods & the Central Oregon - Oregon Outback Tour.

California Outback: The Surprise Valley Warner Mountains Outback Tour.

The Past in the Present, page 1: Vista from Fandango Pass.

The Past in the Present, page 2: Fort Bidwell on the Barrel Springs/Surprise Valley Backcountry Byway.

Past in the Present, page 3: The People's Church in Fort Bidwell on the Barrel Springs/Surprise Valley Backcountry Byway

The Past in the Present, page 4: North of Cedarville on the Barrel Springs/Surprise Valley Backcountry Byway.

The Past in the Present, page 5: Cressler and Bonner Trading Post of the Deer Creek settlement in California. Today we call it Cedarville.

The Past in the Present, page 5: The Pioneer Church in Cedarville, California.

The Past in the Present, page 6: The old bank of the Deer Creek settlement. Today it's a grocery store.

The Past in the Present, page 7: The old Cressler Bonner Building in Cedarville, California.

The Past in the Present, page 8: Bed and Breakfast in Cedarville, California.

The Past in the Present, page 9: Warner Mountain Weavers - Art Gallery.

The Past in the Present, page 10: Eagleville, California Pioneer Church.

The Past in the Present, page 11: It's dusk, and sunlight illumines Emerson Peak on the drive to South Warner Wilderness.

The Past in the Present, page 12: Emerson Peak enroute to the South Warner Wilderness.

The Past in the Present, page 13: Camping at Emerson Campground where walking along Emerson Creek gives a little lift. This page also includes direstions to the hiking trails accessed at the trailhead at Emerson Campground.

The Past in the Present, page 14: Hiking along Emerson Creek in the South Warner Wilderness in the Modoc National Forest.

The Past in the Present, page 15: Nature's Abundance in the South Warner Wilderness of the Modoc National Forest.

The Past in the Present, page 16 ... and the vision changes in day's light.

The Past in the Present, page 17: ... and the valley opened up before us.

The Past in the Present, page 18: The amazing Warners: fault upthrust, building mountains ...

The Past in the Present, page 19: Volcanic Artistry ... never ceases to amaze.

The Past in the Present, page 20: The Warners unfold as we head north from Eagleville to Cedarville.

The Past in the Present, page 21: Looking across Surprise Valley, rather than looking up.

The Past in the Present, page 22: ... and here the mountain wears a crown.

The Past in the Present, page 23, Mountain Building Continues ... white ash - rhyolite or limestone?

The Past in the Present, page 24: Another July when snow cloaked the Warners.

The Past in the Present, page 25: Traveling through the Warners ... Cedar Pass

Traveling West from the Warner Mountains: Pit River Waterfall upstream from Fall River Mills, California.

Traveling West from the Warner Mountains: Mt Shasta from Aden Pass in northern California

Next: The Wild and Scenic Salmon Rivers: the north fork, the south fork and the Salmon River Gorge, Historic Sawyers Bar and northern California, the Russian Wilderness and more.

Listing pages:

Page 1: Site Structure and Breakdown, Page 2: Category Headings, Page 3: The Umpqua River and Tributaries, Page 4: Crater Lake National Park, Page 5: Little Known Special Places near Crater Lake National Park, Page 6: Oregon and California Coasts and Redwoods, Page 7: Over the River and through the Woods Scenic Byway, Page 8: The 75 mile stretch from Smith Rock State Park to Newberry National Volcanic Monument and the Cascade Lakes Scenic Byway, Page 9: Oregon Outback Scenic Byway, Page 10: Surprise Valley - the Warner Mountains, Page 11: the Salmon River in northern California, page 12, the Shasta Trinity Tour, Page 13: The Rogue River on the Diverse Loop Tour and Page 14: The Beautiful West Cascades National Scenic Byway in Oregon.