ARCHIVE - Landscapes of Change: Dry Falls » Deep Lake Pothole and Cave

ARCHIVE - Deep Lake Pothole and Cave Gallery

brajes02 — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 20:54:55 +0000

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ARCHIVE - Deep Lake Pothole and Cave Collage Essay

brajes02 — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 01:35:12 +0000

This path seems to be going further than I had anticipated when I started out. My book group is still sitting at the picnic table, probably, talking about the channeled scabland formations and the significance of Deep Lake. This sagebrush is so interesting though, the patches for some reason are comforting, and I keep walking, twisting kind of. The light is changing. I crouch down a bit, getting closer to the earth as I follow the rocks and veins in the rocks and the grasses and the sound of the wind in the grasses. My steps are hearing, it seems, a song, and I can’t quite hear it completely, and continue walking. The song is coming from what appears to be a small portal in the rock face of the cliff, next to the lake here. Climbing into it, moving physically, actually inside the rock itself, and more strangely, through to the other side.

Sunlight. There is sun here. I descend to the largest rock, giant and glowing in it. Rocks of all sizes, twisting squares in layers neither random nor predictable, accrete protectively around this small home, bringing water here, ringing this curious sky. I leave my rock to look under one of the larger bushes, finding some small seeds among the roots, blown here by the wind. I smell the place where there is water. I scurry up to the edge of this place in the mornings, watching others come and go, scattering their cans and poison and taking their fish and thoughts. At night I curl into my safe, warm place in the dark rock, nestle my nose into my breastfur, and dream.

ARCHIVE - Deep Lake Pothole and Cave Field Notes

brajes02 — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 01:27:13 +0000

Plants:

Sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata)

Orange, green, white crustose lichens (Mycophycophyta)

Cheat grass (Bromus tectorum)

Animals:

Gnats (Culex pipiens)

Wasps (Vespula Spp.)

Bees (Apis mellifera)

Darkling beetle (Gonopus tibialis)

Deer (Cervidae)

Trash:

Fishing line

Cigarettes

Water bottle

Beer cans

Plastic bits

ARCHIVE - Deep Lake Pothole and Cave Map

brajes02 — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 22:29:47 +0000

We ventured towards Deep Lake and found a cave that opened into a pothole. Climbing inside, we found that the pothole was inhabited by a few trees and shrubs, along with wheat and cheat grasses. The walls were about 20 feet tall and a rocky path led you to the brim of the pothole, where you had an excellent view of deep lake and surrounding bluffs.

Deep Lake Pothole and cave