Mr. Squirrel, I find your write-up moderately interesting { :-) .  Thanks for posting it.  Glad you got out of the mud ok.  I would have enjoyed your trip myself, except for the mud part.

The flowering shrub looks like a snowbell (_Styrax_ sp.), but the plants are not native in the NW.  Maybe it was at an old house place or something?  Here is a photo of the Texas Snowbell:

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/wild/species/index.phtml?o=snowbell&print=true

Of course, it could be something else altogether.  Identifying plants from a photo is not an exact science!

David McNeely

---- "Mike "Rocket J Squirrel"" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> I just got back from a 6-night camping trip in Oregon's central area.
> The writeup is at
> <http://socal2bend.blogspot.com/2010/06/back-from-camping-north-central-oregon.html>
>
> There's only a little Vanagon content but someone might find something
> interesting. Or maybe not. It's long. I got stuck in the mud.
>
> --
> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
> Bend, OR
> KG6RCR

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David McNeely