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steverocklage.bsky.social
Talented at being a hermit by the river in rural Idaho. Rescue dogs and rivers fill my soul. Have dabbled in salmon research and OR nursing. I post a lot of nature photos. Be kind and go outside more.
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Cape Flattery. Most NW point in the continental US.

World class surf wave. Skookumchuck Narrows Tidal Rapid, Sechelt Inlet. Egmont, BC.

Diggin’ the icicles. SF Salmon River, Idaho.

Doo, doo, dooo lookin’ out my back door……

The Money Shot. Kearsarge Pass, Kings Canyon NP.

So fortunate to have this as my backyard.

Roscoe, then and now. He is 4.5 years now.

Monarch butterfly grove, Pismo Beach, CA.

Tiger Wall. Yampa River, CO/UT.

SF Salmon River, Idaho

Today is my birthday, number 59. I grabbed one of these at a local store to eat for breakfast dessert. The cashier said they just took them out of inventory yesterday and were going to throw them out, so I was getting it for free. Serendipity.

Canyonlands NP

Juicer Rapid, NF Payette, Idaho. I’m in the foreground.

McLeod River, Alberta, Canada. Always wanted to run this in my kayak but never got back to do it.

Veil Falls, MF Salmon River, ID.

Rearguard Falls, Fraser River, BC.

Arches NP going well out of its way to make me feel inadequate.

Spent my birthday with friends doing The Redneck Traverse near Sandpoint Idaho.

Selway River, Idaho.

Mountain biking through purple meadows amongst the Sawtooth Mountains. Elk Creek, Idaho.

Snow geese. Burns, OR.

Dropped my friend Angie off on a rock named Devil’s Molar in the middle of the river for a photo op. Repeated 10 years later with her 8 year old boy. Middle Fork Salmon River, Idaho.

I was kayaking Crooked River and caught this climber just right. Smith Rock SP, Oregon.

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Northern California traffic jam, they were very friendly. Near Mt Shasta.

Otter family hitting the beach first thing in the morning. Salmon River, Idaho.

Mother Nature’s winter art.

Arches NP.

Mt Robson, BC, Canada

Happy New Year ✌️

Relaxing on a 73 mile solo wilderness trip with my two best river dogs. Jarbidge/Bruneau Rivers, ID.

One of my favorite photos, taken by a friend with my camera. Back in the day, mountain biking Slick Rock. Moab, UT.

The Canadian Rockies have no equal, in my humble opinion. And the same can be said of the Canadian sense of humor, as displayed by the trail distance markers. Cardinal River, AB.

I have a family of sandhill cranes that have been regular residents of my backyard for several years.

Bubbles says riding on a raft all day is hard work.

Bald eagle family was feeding on something for a couple weeks in my backyard river a few years ago. The juveniles would come around noon and stay about an hour, then these adults would come around 2 in the afternoon.

Yellowstone NP.

My Whitney viewed through a port hole. Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, CA.