Southern Oregon - Altamont to Lakeview via Highway 140
April 19, 2014. We had spent the night in Bend and passed the morning driving down US 97 to Klamath Falls.
At Klamath Falls, our route took us east on Highway 140, crossing a mini basin-and-range region that was just a geological fore-shadowing of the trip across Nevada we would make in a few days.
The roads were nearly empty once we left Klamath Falls behind us. The surrounding farmlands were green with Spring but nowhere near as lush as the landscape we had passed through the previous morning on our drive from Chehalis to The Dalles.
At Klamath Falls, our route took us east on Highway 140, crossing a mini basin-and-range region that was just a geological fore-shadowing of the trip across Nevada we would make in a few days.
The roads were nearly empty once we left Klamath Falls behind us. The surrounding farmlands were green with Spring but nowhere near as lush as the landscape we had passed through the previous morning on our drive from Chehalis to The Dalles.
The highway cut through several bands of low hills. Hemmed in by rock, we were surprised to round one corner and find opposing traffic on the centerline. I guess these little-travelled roads can lull one into complacency. Denny's defensive-driving courses--oh-so-many years ago--saved us grief once again.
A few miles before we got to Beatty, Oregon, we passed this broken-down barn. In April, the land seemed thirsty and bleak.
We stopped for gas in Bly, Oregon. This building was across the road from the gas station.
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