Ruts and swale of the Oregon Trail still evident through sections of the Blue Mountains. Oregon
Squaw Creek Drainage, Blue Mountains, Oregon.
Pendleton Oregon
Sunset along Umatilla River Valley. Oregon.
Moonset along Umatilla River Valley. Oregon.
Graffiti on abandoned house along Umatilla River Valley. Oregon.
Graffiti on abandoned house along Umatilla River Valley. Oregon.
Oregon Trail Park in Echo which commemorates the location where the Oregon Trail crossed the Umatilla River.
Location where the Oregon Trail crossed the Umatilla River. Echo, Oregon.
Ruts along the Oregon Trail through Echo Meadows. A demonstration of swales and ruts five miles west of the town of Echo, Oregon.
Grasping at rainbow along the Oregon Trail through Umatilla River Valley, Oregon
Evening light over plowed wheat fields along Umatilla River Valley, Oregon
Early evening rainbow over plowed fields along Umatilla River Valley, Oregon
Camp, The wife of the wheat farmer who owned this property brought me coffee and home made cinnamon rolls in the morning. Very kind folks. Umatilla River valley Oregon.
Open road, Umatilla River valley, Oregon.
The Oregon Trail passes through the southern region of the Boardman Bombing Range. Ironically the Trail has been very well preserved though the Range. Permission is necessary to enter, I didn’t have it so walked the road just south.
Self portrait, Well Spring, Oregon.
Wagon debris at well Spring. A popular camp location along the Oregon Trail south of Boardman Bombing Range. Oregon.
The Oregon Trail still in evidence heading out of Four Mile Canyon, Or.
A journal entry from an emigrant relevant to his passage along The Oregon Trail through Four Mile Canyon. Oregon. On display at the BLM Kiosk at Fourmile Canyon.
An Oregon Trail sign along Eighteen Mile Canyon. Oregon.
Monument at site of McDonald Ford where the Oregon Trail crossed the John Day River. Oregon.
Monument designating the nearby location where the Emigrants came upon the Columbia River. Just west of Biggs Junction Oregon.
Walking the Oregon Trail 2012 