With all the traveling in Oregon I don't know how we missed this section of the Cascades Scenic Byway. It was like like "How the West was Won"...
...meets "Shane" ...
... and "Comes A Horseman."
The drive started in Bend and wove it's way behind Mount Bachelor...
... through high mountain meadows...
...where fields of grass and low bush looked like a yellow , brown and green sea...
... all the way to the sun streaked mountain.
After seeing at least a hundred trucks, trailers and cars and hearing the sound of chainsaws I stopped to ask about what was happening. John one of the people involved told me about the region being opened for tree removal while he was sharpening his chainsaw.
Believe me John was not alone ..
... all along this section of of the drive.
Soda Creek glacial tsunami caused this huge rock pile several stories tall.
They say it is a birdwatchers dream and I'm sure we will return for a bit of birdwatching next season.
There were several tree lined lakes on this drive...
... and lots of fallen timber...
...and even signs to tell us the Deschutes River has trout ...
and what better place to fish than in a forest where ...
... "A River Runs Through It."
I found a scruffy looking mushroom on the river bank...
... then trudged back to the Musemobile.
This fantastic land is all about life and living & about living things like the grasses...
... and the wildlife that sees us perhaps more than ...
... we see them as we drive along beautiful roads...
... and manage, as best we can, this beautiful national resource.
Quote of the Day ~ "The creative is the place where no one else has ever been. You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition." ~ Alan Alda
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