Before I inspire you with the beauty of the journey, I should mention that many of the small communities shown on a map do not have gas stations. At one point there was a sign that said no fuel for 80 miles. I think it had been about 40 since we had last seen a gas station. So if you go, stop and get gas when you see it. We were fine, but we like to drive from the top of the tank when we are traveling. I should also mention that we were decidedly blessed. We got up the next morning after our drive in the middle of the "service free zone" and found we had a flat tire in the motel parking lot - 1/2 mile from Les Schwab. It could have happened out and about miles from any service. We often seem to have tire adventures when on vacations.
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| Horses in a roadside meadow of irises |
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| wild irises in meadows and pastureland alongside swollen streams and creeks and rivers |
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| Larches intermingled with the pine forests, Larches are a deciduous conifer, whose needles turn gold and fall in the autumn. |
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| The forest trees are more spread out than our dense forests west of the Cascade Range. |
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| Big mountain views in relatively narrow valleys. This is the Strawberry Mountains. |
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| Just a sample of one of the many wild flowers |
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| Then there was being behind a cattle drive for a mile or so. |
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