Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Eastern Oregon

Today I entered Oregon, the 8th State on my journey! Driving from Boise, ID west to Ontario, OR and via Hwy. 20 towards Burns gives one a good view of eastern Oregon's arid rangeland. There is quite a bit of irrigated farmland (primarily onions, hay land, and corn) in the valleys but the predominate native vegetation is sagebrush and other rangeland species and hilly terrain. Vale, OR is a small agricultural town near the border; the next civilization is Juntura, OR which is just a small store and oasis of trees in the middle of eastern Oregon desert.

Eastern Oregon rangeland; near Gold Creek on Hwy. 20

Eastern Oregon rangeland near Gold Creek along Hwy. 20

Main street downtown Burns, OR.
Site 31 at the Burns RV Park. Nice little park about a mile east of Burns, OR.



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