Almost nothing happened on my most recent visit to Opal Creek--or at least that's how it seemed at the time. I didn't talk on the telephone because there was no phone. I didn't listen to talk radio ...

Named after a brand of off-road tires, Bogger, an Australian shepherd mix, cools himself in the water at Three Pools with his owner Tyler Eberth (front) and Randi Savarro. (Faith Cathcart/The ...

OPAL CREEK WILDERNESS – Michael Donnelly's legs were laced with cuts and bleeding, Daniel Dundon had been attacked by a swarm of hornets and I had hiked through enough devil's club to make my backside ...