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Category Archives: Archaeology
Chronicles 21: Exploring the Nevada-California-Oregon Borderlands
Sir Thomas Rhymer Oisin Leaf McGowan’s adventures exploring the borderlands of Northern California, Nevada, and Oregon during the Fall season of 2015 with road trips, travel tales, archaeology, and surveying the forest lands. Holiday adventures […]
11.23.15: Wrapping up the session
Monday, 23 November 2015 Cedarville, California It was around 5:30 am when Sir Thomas Leaf crawled out of bed at the Sunrise Motel on the edge of Cedarville to a frigid, yet beautiful and clear […]
11.21.15: Recording sites
Saturday, 21 November 2015 Cedarville, California meet crew 7 am, head to field, cross nevada border, recording rock art Crawling out of bed by 6:15 am, Sir Thomas grabbed his gear, a shower, and a […]
11.20.15: Surveys and Woody’s
Friday, 19 November 2015 Cedarville, California Early to rise, Sir Thomas left at 7 with the crew into the hills. They crossed the playa and the Nevada border along the Surprise Valley/Barrel Springs back country […]
11.19.15: Surveying mountains and valleys
Thursday, 19 November 2015 Cedarville, California Back across the playa after the 7 am meetup, the crew crossed into Nevada and four-wheel drove across the forest lands off of the Surprise Valley/Barrel Springs back country […]
11.18.15: Surveying California/Nevada borderlands, Country Hearth
Wednesday, 18 November 2015 Cedarville, California Early to rise, Sir Thomas headed out by 6:50 to meet up with the crew outside the rooms. His gear and sundries were still scattered around the car and […]
11.17.15: White Salmon to Cedarville
Tuesday, 17 November 2015White Salmon, Washington – Cedarville, California Waking up in the cliffhanger, again tranquil serene Buddhist-like moments jolted by the awareness that he was hanging over a cliff, Sir Thomas hopped out of […]
Chronicle 10: Life in the Inland Empire
Sir Thomas Leaf, Lady Etain, and the Prince of Endurance seek out a new life in Riverside, California. After the crash of their store the Leaf and Dragon, they sold their RV and Sir Thomas […]