Memorial Day weekend and the camping crowds that come with it were on the horizon, but we had a few days before the big weekend hit. So we picked a somewhat local location of the list of places to explore and hit the road north to Elk River. Once we crisscrossed the Elk River Backcountry Byway and found ourselves in the tiny town of Elk River we headed to the trailhead to Elk Creek Falls, just outside of town.
We were headed south on Nevada Highway 305 as another cyanide tanker whizzed past us on it's way to the gold mine down the valley. How did we end up on this lonely highway? I suppose it all started on January 30, National Plan for Vacation Day. I've always believed that if you don't do it now, you'll be one year older when you do. Making a plan to escape your everyday routine is the…
Spring in Oregon was wet. That’s relevant here for a couple reasons. When planning out our early summer we put a couple river trips on the calendar. We had already cancelled a trip on the John Day due to high flows, and as we approached our dates for the Grande Ronde flows were similarly high. What could we do instead? We decided to still head to the northeast corner of the state, but we morphed our plans into a road trip.
