You think you have a plan, then something changes. We were going to be floating the Deschutes, then just like that we found ourselves in the Owyhee country of southeast Oregon instead. Plans for the Deschutes fell through so we took a look at the list of possibilities. There was a break in the rain, which is absolutely required if you want to even think of travelling the roads around the Owyhee. With that we were off across the high desert.
Yep, August is over. Fire season means that we haven’t roamed to far but we have definitely been on the move. Here’s a rundown.
First up, a quick trip down the McKenzie River. Our wonderful fair intruded into the weekend but we were able to get on the river Sunday and enjoy the clean, clear water, plenty of fish and a relaxing day.
Next up was the Trek For Tuna. (more…)
This is a bit of a go-back in time but the day at the Lava Cast Forest was too impressive not to mention. The Lava Cast Forest is a lava flow located in the Newberry National Volcanic Monument and it is actually casts of trees set in lava where trees were growing once upon a time when the most recent lava flow moved through the area many thousands of years ago. It’s kind of like plaster of Paris with lava and trees.
