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Oregon Scenic Byways
Jun. 29th, 2016 09:12 pmToday we took a route I've never traveled north of Alturas. Instead of taking CA-299 west to CA-139 toward Klamath Falls, we continued north on US-395 to Lakeview. Lisa did nearly all of the driving, and therefore I took lots of photos. Click through any of these photos to see more on Flickr.
As we were leaving Alturas, I saw a deer by the side of the paralleling railroad; however, I did not get a picture of it. It wasn't the last deer I'd see today, either.
( Oregon End of the NCO )
I took a fair number of snaps of the view from the minivan, as the scenery changed from twisting canyons to mountain meadows.
( Mountains and Valleys )
We stopped in Bend to check out the military surplus store there from which Lisa has obtained numerous useful things in the past. (Unfortunately, it appears that most of what they now sell is Made in China.) We continued on to Redmond and had at late lunch/early dinner at the Black Bear Diner, picking up another stamp in my Black Bear "passport." (You get one stamp for each new Black Bear you visit. After the 4th and 6th visits you get a prize, and then every 10th visit thereafter. Redmond was my 16th BBD as I work my way toward completing Level 3 in their program.)
( To the Crooked River )
Because we left Alturas three hours earlier than our originally generous schedule called for, we had lots of time to stop and look at things. Consequently, we arrived at our hotel in Madras (the EconoLodge; we could probably have done better, but it's relatively cheap) at almost the exact time of our original schedule.
Tomorrow looks to be a pretty easy drive to Portland.
As we were leaving Alturas, I saw a deer by the side of the paralleling railroad; however, I did not get a picture of it. It wasn't the last deer I'd see today, either.
( Oregon End of the NCO )
I took a fair number of snaps of the view from the minivan, as the scenery changed from twisting canyons to mountain meadows.
( Mountains and Valleys )
We stopped in Bend to check out the military surplus store there from which Lisa has obtained numerous useful things in the past. (Unfortunately, it appears that most of what they now sell is Made in China.) We continued on to Redmond and had at late lunch/early dinner at the Black Bear Diner, picking up another stamp in my Black Bear "passport." (You get one stamp for each new Black Bear you visit. After the 4th and 6th visits you get a prize, and then every 10th visit thereafter. Redmond was my 16th BBD as I work my way toward completing Level 3 in their program.)
( To the Crooked River )
Because we left Alturas three hours earlier than our originally generous schedule called for, we had lots of time to stop and look at things. Consequently, we arrived at our hotel in Madras (the EconoLodge; we could probably have done better, but it's relatively cheap) at almost the exact time of our original schedule.
Tomorrow looks to be a pretty easy drive to Portland.
