Today we drove from Twin Falls, Idaho about 500 miles to Bend, Ore. on our way to pick up our motor home. Not many towns or motels in western Oregon. Very rural.
We stopped at Malad River Gorge outside of Hagerman, Idaho. Looking up the into the narrow gorge from the bridge and then down river at a little wider gorge. It is 250 feet deep.
Looking up canyon from farther down the canyon at the bridge near the top with a couple people on it and the 60 foot falls and Devil’s punchbowl at the bottom. And from the bridge looking down at the waterfall into the Devils washbowl. Very pretty. The Malad river runs into the Snake river.
Coming across western Oregon there are almost no towns much less motels. In Vale, Oregon we found the Bates Motel. Does not look like the one from the movie Psycho. We pressed on to Bend where we had a better selection. The smoke in the sky is making shadows and rays under the clouds.
Lots of farming along the way. We saw this fire start up from a small smoke plume to huge blow. It is creating it’s own weather, it has a cumulonimbus cloud over it.
Sun behind smoke in the sky. Closer to Bend the visibility went way down.
The view of the Dechutes river from the front of the motel we are at in Bend, Oregon. On Thursday we got together with our friends Rob’t and Diana Heynen. We met them in the North Cascades in Washington two years ago. They were traveling in a travel trailer then. They have since sold their house in Austin, Tx and bought a motor home and are full timing in their RV. Here is John and Rob’t hiking on the trail along the Deschutes river. The trail and the river run all the way through town.
View of the Deschutes river from the trail. John, Rob’t and Diana along the trail.
Beside the love hiking we share we also share a love of visiting craft breweries around the country. After our hike they took us to the Crux brewery, then we had dinner at the Deschutes Brewery. Diana, Rob’t and John at Deschutes. It was great to catch up with them today.
We saw this Barbieausus Rex in a window downtown. Sunset from downtown river walk in Bend this evening.
Almost full moon rising tonight.
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