Olympic Peninsula Sasquatch Research Organization

Olympic Peninsula Sasquatch Research Organization OPSRO is devoted to in-the-field research concerning sasquatch on the Olympic Peninsula of WA state.

I've been backpacking the Olympics since the mid-1970s when I worked on a team cleaning up the C141 crash on Mt Constance.

There's going to be a bumper crop of blackberries. I should be able to pick a couple of full grocery bags soon.
07/21/2024

There's going to be a bumper crop of blackberries. I should be able to pick a couple of full grocery bags soon.

In the 'weird things you find' column of life, this was in my yard this morning. A NOAA radiosonde, it still works but i...
07/18/2024

In the 'weird things you find' column of life, this was in my yard this morning. A NOAA radiosonde, it still works but it says they don't want it back.

A full-grown, highly dangerous bull banana slug is shown here in mid-charge. It's all a bluff though as they pull back j...
06/28/2024

A full-grown, highly dangerous bull banana slug is shown here in mid-charge. It's all a bluff though as they pull back just before catching and sliming you.

Oregon dull grape, mahonia nervosa. Birds eat the fruit but they are listed as deer-resistant. So, they are probably not...
06/28/2024

Oregon dull grape, mahonia nervosa. Birds eat the fruit but they are listed as deer-resistant. So, they are probably not that tasty. The leaves are similar to the mountain blueberry but its stems are red.

Cow parsnip, heracleum maximum. The stalks can be peeled and eaten like celery.
06/28/2024

Cow parsnip, heracleum maximum. The stalks can be peeled and eaten like celery.

Western bunchberry, cornus × unalaschkensis, are in great abundance. The fruit is quite edible.
06/27/2024

Western bunchberry, cornus × unalaschkensis, are in great abundance. The fruit is quite edible.

Wild strawberries!
06/27/2024

Wild strawberries!

Unfurling rhododendron ferrugineum blossoms along the Dungeness.
06/27/2024

Unfurling rhododendron ferrugineum blossoms along the Dungeness.

Lupine along the upper Dungeness River near Royal Creek, specifically Lupinus rivularis, or riverbank lupine. it's edibl...
06/27/2024

Lupine along the upper Dungeness River near Royal Creek, specifically Lupinus rivularis, or riverbank lupine. it's edible to many species, but somewhat medicinal or even toxic to others.

My eldest daughter was visiting and we backpacked up to Camp Handy. The Dungeness river meanders a lot through the area ...
06/27/2024

My eldest daughter was visiting and we backpacked up to Camp Handy. The Dungeness river meanders a lot through the area making for a relatively flat section of a mile or so. The area has a much higher vegetation load lending to more things to eat.

Allotropa virgata, or sugarstick (or so Google and I think). It's a shroom with a candycane-striped appearance.
06/20/2024

Allotropa virgata, or sugarstick (or so Google and I think). It's a shroom with a candycane-striped appearance.

Banana slugs, ariolimax columbianus, are protein, aren't they? I've had escargot, similar but cooked at least and in yum...
06/18/2024

Banana slugs, ariolimax columbianus, are protein, aren't they? I've had escargot, similar but cooked at least and in yummy butter.

Do they taste like chicken?

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