Thursday, July 9, 2009

Drive to Emigrant Springs State Park, OR

We got on the road at 9 am and it was very cool out.  Yesterday's high was only 77 and this morning, it is 57.

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The sky begins to get a little dark....

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and darker as we pass thru Boise....

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Golfers at play.

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and other working for pay....We wondered if these are Idaho Potatoes...

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scenery....

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The mountains and the curves make me a little nervous....especially with rain coming our way.

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The Snake River again.....

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Yep, it is raining....not snow!

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It stops raining but it is still cloudy.   The scenes are just beautiful.

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Ay, Chihuahua....going downhill!

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This is a Cement Plant....

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Rail Road Tunnel....The mountains are tremendous....

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so are the curves and there is a lot of construction.

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awesome sights...

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We stop and take a break at the Weather by Road Side Park.....Nice park.

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Manuel checks out every thing; all is good.  I fix a quick snack...

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We are back "On The Road Again"              Awesome drive.

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another Cement Plant.

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A train in the mountains.

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The weather has cleared and it is now nice and clear and still pretty cool (63).

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This man is loading his hay onto his trailer right off the freeway.

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Is that the Big Dog?!!!!  You were in our thoughts for a long way, Richard?  We do Miss You!

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Beautiful mountains at a very long distance.....a little snow still on them.

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A farm at the foothills....

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There are so many travelers on this I 84.....

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Sure would hate to travel this road after September....

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Traveling thru the Blue Mountains National Park.....beautiful!

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The Grande Ronde River

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We arrived at our destination at about noon.   We lost an other hour.   We are two hours behind Texas Time....

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I will post pictures of the park area later.   Until then.....

1 comment:

Jesse Aleman said...

morning,I just got reminded of Mom And Lupe when I saw the folks working in the field . Mom would shout out ( Hay Biene el Viejo )cause we were all just standing around.good memories! the rain looks cool I hope we get some soon .Love you all and have lots of fun