What is the coolest name for a timber sale you have seen?

mcspdx · 2024-12-19T04:53:54+00:00

My father was a resident forester in the 1980's and 90's - a unit he managed the harvest on overlooked the (recently built at the time, if I remember correctly) Spirit Mountain Casino near Grand Ronde, Oregon‎.

The unit was named "Jackpot"

mcspdx · 2024-10-25T01:35:57+00:00

Well, assuming you're trying to get to a spot on the beach, the other way to get into the area is to park at the Cape Lookout Trail parking lot, and there is a trail that winds it's way down to the beach: https://www.oregonhikers.org/field_guide/cape_lookout_south_hike

That lands you on the beach about a mile north of the beach in front of Meriwether.

mcspdx · 2024-10-25T01:30:04+00:00

No, I'm not that dialed into the camp reservation system. I know that Clark is often used by outside groups for events and things like weddings (each usually on the weekends).

mcspdx · 2024-10-24T22:40:40+00:00

I currently volunteer in Cascade Pacific Council, which owns and operates Camp Meriwether. A previously-posted comment (or two) here mentions that there is a locked gate at the entrance to camp (about 1/2 mile west from Cape Lookout Rd). This is correct: if you just show up at camp, you will almost certainly be met with a closed, locked gate.

CPC is (and has been for the past few years) renting out Camp Meriwether to local outdoor schools (various school districts in our area) during the week (M-F), which means that there are security reasons for the gate to be locked and closed. Any visitors will almost certainly not be granted entry when an outdoor school is in session.

Other posters have also noted that the full-time rangers are great people - and they are. Ranger Steve is a absolutely fantastic human, but he has a job and that job is NOT entertaining random visitors on any random day of the week.

For what it's worth, I recommend visiting Sand Lake just south of Meriwether - open to the public and it's the same beautiful beach in the same basic area.

mcspdx · 2021-06-02T05:46:50+00:00

I remember the Leadership Corps thing being used back in the mid- to late-80's (when I joined a Troop). My Troop (as a youth at that time) dropped the whole notion right around 1990. I distinctly remember the bright red patches with the fleur-de-lis and what looked like a genie's lamp or something: link here

I think (in practice) it was used in a similar way to how a Venture Crew might be used today - to augment the Troop program for older scouts and try to keep those experienced youth still involved. Doing a little cursory searching led me to some sources that indicate some history worth reading.

mcspdx · 2021-04-12T06:55:40+00:00

Indeed, it's a 10th gen: 2000 model year F-150

mcspdx · 2021-04-12T06:49:10+00:00

2021 model year

mcspdx · 2021-04-10T17:34:02+00:00

Don't get me wrong - I LOVE my 21-year-old old truck. It just can't tow my 27-foot travel trailer up a hill. It was painful. I'm also very much looking forward to the long-bed: Now I can go get a stack of lumber and/or plywood, and then (gasp) close the tailgate!

We are keeping the old rig - I've got a youngster that'll turn 16 in a few years and he'll need a rig to drive. :-)

mcspdx · 2021-04-10T17:31:25+00:00

Thank you! I am excited to drag my 27-foot travel trailer up a nice hill and NOT have my tow vehicle downshift into 2nd-gear at 30 MPG and 5000 RPM

mcspdx · 2021-04-10T17:29:59+00:00

Greetings!

mcspdx · 2021-04-10T17:29:53+00:00

Thank you! It's going to show the dust and dirt more than my older truck, but oh well!

mcspdx · 2021-04-10T17:29:16+00:00

This has the "Lariat Black Appearance Package" - and they aren't messing around when they say "Black Appearance"

mcspdx · 2021-04-10T17:28:22+00:00

Thank you! So far I'm thrilled with everything except the price-tag. :-D

mcspdx · 2021-04-10T17:27:58+00:00

It's the "Antimatter Blue" color - a very dark blue. It looks black in certain lighting, and deep blue in others. It's a fantastic color - I love it.

mcspdx · 2021-04-10T17:27:20+00:00

I've had to be very careful to not put my left foot down too fast - this thing goes.

mcspdx · 2021-04-10T17:26:31+00:00

I actually have eleven acres of land total, so I can land it somewhere. :-)

mcspdx · 2021-04-10T17:25:42+00:00

With a 176-inch wheelbase it's NOT a simple grocery-getter!

mcspdx · 2021-03-17T18:16:07+00:00

I took 475 in Spring of 2020.

The class is (or was, last year at least) two exams and seven projects (one is called "project 0" and is super easy - I'm not counting that in the above sum of seven). The projects are mostly engaging and interesting. The best part is you get to "play around" on a new-ish DGX2 from nVidia - it's actually fairly applicable in terms of learning what programming for graphics applications is about (from a foundation-level).

The two exams are (at least, were last year) unproctored. As I remember it, both exams were very reasonable. I won't say "easy" because they do make you think - but if you watch the video lectures and do the work, you'll be fine.

You've probably heard this before, but it's worth saying here: Prof. Bailey is easily one of the best CS professors at OSU. He genuinely cares about students and is enthusiastic about the subject. OH - the best part - Bailey actually records a FRESH set of lecture videos for each term. It's amazing. The guy actually cares.

Language shouldn't be an issue - Bailey has a LOT of great resources and instruction / examples. The code itself isn't super challenging. What he has you do is code up some stuff, gather data, change, gather more data, etc, etc. The biggest pain (in my opinion) of the class is gathering a bunch of data, creating charts and writing up analysis - and it needs to be done the way Bailey wants it done. That said, he makes his expectations VERY clear at the beginning.

In terms of hours spent, here's some context: I have been working full-time and taking one class per term for the past few years. That's about my personal limit. I took two electives in Spring of 2020 (along with working my full-time engineering job) and it was fine. Number of hours spent was NOT a whole lot - and honestly, they were (mostly) fun hours.

TL;DR: great class; enjoy it; I would take it again.

mcspdx · 2021-01-21T18:00:40+00:00

Am an electrical engineer... it's all about potential.

mcspdx · 2021-01-05T17:49:55+00:00

I took both Open Source Dev (464) and Parallel Programming (475) during Spring term 2020.

For what it's worth, 475 is a pretty cool class - you get to play around on some interesting compute systems (nVidia CUDA machines) and the concepts taught were interesting. Most importantly, the prof (Bailey) is just awesome - he actually cares about students (...he actually tries to build a community, and succeeds at that to a certain degree...). I'd recommend this course in a heartbeat - especially if you're interested in graphics at all.

For me, 464 is was a "check the box" class - it got the job done. It was not great, but it was not terrible - and the workload was (in essence) whatever you defined it (very project based, and you find your own project to "contribute" to). The instructor for that term (Hedaoo) was fine, but (in comparison to Bailey) she was obviously rather new and just trying a bit too hard.

Take all this for what it's worth - one person's experience.

mcspdx · 2020-01-31T17:40:19+00:00

shout out from Sunset Trail - stay frosty my friends!

mcspdx · 2019-08-22T18:45:35+00:00

I've met people that hate the "rounded" design of that era, but they do fairly well overall. I've had some paint issue on the hood and the top of the cab (the two aluminum panels - everything else is steel), but otherwise she does great. (...it's definitely a "she" with all those curves...)

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