http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/ This is me. http://www.smugmug.com/img/feed-icon.png Fri, 21 Jul 2006 18:53:48 -0700 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:02:12 -0700 http://www.smugmug.com/ Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Music/Metal-Hearts-at-the-Ottobar/IMG0135/83106131_wa5Tf-Ti.jpg http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/ http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583150327_zJrud <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />The next day I rode to Cedar City, Utah, checked into my motel, picked up my bike box that I'd shipped there from Moscow, packed up the bike, and shipped it home. The next day I flew home. T ...</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583150327_zJrud" title="The next day I rode to Cedar City, Utah, checked into my motel, picked up my bike box that I'd shipped there from Moscow, packed up the bike, and shipped it home. The next day I flew home. T ..."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2165/583150327_zJrud-Th.jpg" width="150" height="95" alt="The next day I rode to Cedar City, Utah, checked into my motel, picked up my bike box that I'd shipped there from Moscow, packed up the bike, and shipped it home. The next day I flew home. T ..." title="The next day I rode to Cedar City, Utah, checked into my motel, picked up my bike box that I'd shipped there from Moscow, packed up the bike, and shipped it home. The next day I flew home. T ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:58:28 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2165/583150327_zJrud-Th.jpg 2009-07-02 22:23:44 6d7219d2c849dd9f3302eab5d7527379 0dee1b3043306faf69ded91c8dce2ccb 4d6fcbdab7e46448d5c1a04840408043 31ed4c2ccde8f567568cf46b90c25269 706deca84003b8da8b7c72406fc5645a 8823dde039ddced995ac6be2c36997dc 6f485beb93904a049babc537bd673c72 40962409646a0014bab56cf9978bc226 ff55151c7bc569d46b1bfe98fa02f628 The next day I rode to Cedar City, Utah, checked into my motel, picked up my bike box that I'd shipped there from Moscow, packed up the bike, and shipped it home. The next day I flew home. T ... <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />The next day I rode to Cedar City, Utah, checked into my motel, picked up my bike box that I'd shipped there from Moscow, packed up the bike, and shipped it home. The next day I flew home. T ...</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583150327_zJrud" title="The next day I rode to Cedar City, Utah, checked into my motel, picked up my bike box that I'd shipped there from Moscow, packed up the bike, and shipped it home. The next day I flew home. T ..."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2165/583150327_zJrud-Th.jpg" width="150" height="95" alt="The next day I rode to Cedar City, Utah, checked into my motel, picked up my bike box that I'd shipped there from Moscow, packed up the bike, and shipped it home. The next day I flew home. T ..." title="The next day I rode to Cedar City, Utah, checked into my motel, picked up my bike box that I'd shipped there from Moscow, packed up the bike, and shipped it home. The next day I flew home. T ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583149181_xLZpH <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />I saw a car about every 10 or 15 minutes on Utah 21. I stayed in a motel in Milford, Utah. Total for the day: 89.5 miles, 11.9 mph.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583149181_xLZpH" title="I saw a car about every 10 or 15 minutes on Utah 21. I stayed in a motel in Milford, Utah. Total for the day: 89.5 miles, 11.9 mph."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2162/583149181_xLZpH-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="I saw a car about every 10 or 15 minutes on Utah 21. I stayed in a motel in Milford, Utah. Total for the day: 89.5 miles, 11.9 mph." title="I saw a car about every 10 or 15 minutes on Utah 21. I stayed in a motel in Milford, Utah. Total for the day: 89.5 miles, 11.9 mph." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:57:27 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2162/583149181_xLZpH-Th.jpg 2009-07-01 14:23:49 72da4e5ab0d0fa7b9ab39b82e3292a1d 045ea7c222883685512fb8cdef32a2a8 993d208bdd9a762cf7de16cbe937376b 8f3e094ed215b808ea1991e252bc017b 56a005f36c107e49d4d4a727f864c6a4 670d727d600b851504abbb01b030eadd ef012b2ba336dccf1b6079a42eb84f6c 773c1518f2c30037d01f946ab5a1bebe 085a0a62f0b5e2bee968dc86c417e98e I saw a car about every 10 or 15 minutes on Utah 21. I stayed in a motel in Milford, Utah. Total for the day: 89.5 miles, 11.9 mph. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />I saw a car about every 10 or 15 minutes on Utah 21. I stayed in a motel in Milford, Utah. Total for the day: 89.5 miles, 11.9 mph.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583149181_xLZpH" title="I saw a car about every 10 or 15 minutes on Utah 21. I stayed in a motel in Milford, Utah. Total for the day: 89.5 miles, 11.9 mph."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2162/583149181_xLZpH-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="I saw a car about every 10 or 15 minutes on Utah 21. I stayed in a motel in Milford, Utah. Total for the day: 89.5 miles, 11.9 mph." title="I saw a car about every 10 or 15 minutes on Utah 21. I stayed in a motel in Milford, Utah. Total for the day: 89.5 miles, 11.9 mph." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583148064_8Co96 <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />Parts of Utah 21 go through areas so desolate, not even sagebrush will grow.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583148064_8Co96" title="Parts of Utah 21 go through areas so desolate, not even sagebrush will grow."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2155/583148064_8Co96-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Parts of Utah 21 go through areas so desolate, not even sagebrush will grow." title="Parts of Utah 21 go through areas so desolate, not even sagebrush will grow." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:56:24 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2155/583148064_8Co96-Th.jpg 2009-07-01 10:20:36 5f7695f89ee99d97f8b3bcaa8990873b 556213801ff4f049716bbc5018e3e947 d281ac5d72946c42d76f9503c3bd8972 1c9a5daba230885b0c463ada66a5a395 69574d7493505db9ff95bf18b0aa6ca9 db7db0c031e3ded426d9cfc47306ba01 afc59bcc94410ea890d1325f88976da9 360d93d955e4fdd908eb183685ab8925 cc7f5e72412381a01fba3fcd87cf704c Parts of Utah 21 go through areas so desolate, not even sagebrush will grow. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />Parts of Utah 21 go through areas so desolate, not even sagebrush will grow.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583148064_8Co96" title="Parts of Utah 21 go through areas so desolate, not even sagebrush will grow."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2155/583148064_8Co96-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Parts of Utah 21 go through areas so desolate, not even sagebrush will grow." title="Parts of Utah 21 go through areas so desolate, not even sagebrush will grow." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583147053_547bz <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />In the morning I could see lots of rain in the distance, but I only felt a couple drops.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583147053_547bz" title="In the morning I could see lots of rain in the distance, but I only felt a couple drops."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2152/583147053_547bz-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="In the morning I could see lots of rain in the distance, but I only felt a couple drops." title="In the morning I could see lots of rain in the distance, but I only felt a couple drops." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:55:25 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2152/583147053_547bz-Th.jpg 2009-07-01 09:14:26 b90bf0dc3872c8ccca347ecdb5fdd537 b06245a2a7bff2877362540c526a7d33 7651513af446ce97ea0bafb6f7cacb66 c51b47366157d5687df9e7aa4d3fe6f6 c1d4c7da9f535431bfcbd8d5beeaf2a1 a458a25ac53838dfb406eaee9ea4610e 495fba5d05275d1c45354551bc34265c d074397399dea1d298f663b8b6cca736 3276a52ab153e8a2dd52509ac85a9eaf In the morning I could see lots of rain in the distance, but I only felt a couple drops. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />In the morning I could see lots of rain in the distance, but I only felt a couple drops.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583147053_547bz" title="In the morning I could see lots of rain in the distance, but I only felt a couple drops."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2152/583147053_547bz-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="In the morning I could see lots of rain in the distance, but I only felt a couple drops." title="In the morning I could see lots of rain in the distance, but I only felt a couple drops." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583146019_Ji9fd <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />There's not a lot along Utah route 21.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583146019_Ji9fd" title="There's not a lot along Utah route 21."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2151/583146019_Ji9fd-Th.jpg" width="150" height="108" alt="There's not a lot along Utah route 21." title="There's not a lot along Utah route 21." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:54:19 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2151/583146019_Ji9fd-Th.jpg 2009-07-01 09:07:55 8f72c43adbdd8ebc2f42f72cc23466cc 7c8a2a5013082f59a83711fbb01609f9 fc4a76edf9f49d14160292f5ff6d4c65 aa84ce3f0f19f115cb31cd8c5c964704 f6df7991dc5d13bed9984c30a83a463a da3449fd5f851e372f503489b9d60375 e4589fea6b6cb749f590242a3c7a0cb6 ca3209c429f59c773470060fde762152 6fce593e1a15055c4b00854c2f08b5f0 There's not a lot along Utah route 21. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />There's not a lot along Utah route 21.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583146019_Ji9fd" title="There's not a lot along Utah route 21."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2151/583146019_Ji9fd-Th.jpg" width="150" height="108" alt="There's not a lot along Utah route 21." title="There's not a lot along Utah route 21." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583145089_aerAU <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />More art.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583145089_aerAU" title="More art."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2146/583145089_aerAU-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="More art." title="More art." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:53:20 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2146/583145089_aerAU-Th.jpg 2009-07-01 08:15:13 6fae8c969b763665952b2c8c3bfe61f4 6fdb509fe0ca9c6bbb3aa30ec0d869c7 f41a7f7a6c0005f332806bc4479750fa c9660f6b05ce696ea20a8424257a9ff0 d139559c39d7b802d732d933e2ef111e 9f5918935d12dcc85d247f029a97d738 63ffbe121ec1f4d06d86926d7bb91932 501a1600eb6ea5a7bc14a2089053597f 8d08d5c26b0b13c2e4f49494c08a5465 More art. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />More art.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583145089_aerAU" title="More art."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2146/583145089_aerAU-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="More art." title="More art." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583143943_Pbg7i <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />I got an early start the next morning. This is some of the folk art along the fence leading up to Great Basin National Park.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583143943_Pbg7i" title="I got an early start the next morning. This is some of the folk art along the fence leading up to Great Basin National Park."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2145/583143943_Pbg7i-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="I got an early start the next morning. This is some of the folk art along the fence leading up to Great Basin National Park." title="I got an early start the next morning. This is some of the folk art along the fence leading up to Great Basin National Park." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:52:07 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2145/583143943_Pbg7i-Th.jpg 2009-07-01 08:14:53 486d2352c5ea1858d195febb3c275f91 ea04fad4e1276b7af5046e32f8163de6 688000f62ba4bf935547bbc669d4059f 2d0b2b0252f974252312a5a6ec8f37d8 e6d070fd24dbedce583e6b59dc865f46 090b16804e528851d15de54a7cdae5f7 f30df5ff9baaca7d051ec28e1d34283f 3acabe5c1184793147f9946be69d2240 358ac11a30a78d532966ba4e510d8736 I got an early start the next morning. This is some of the folk art along the fence leading up to Great Basin National Park. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />I got an early start the next morning. This is some of the folk art along the fence leading up to Great Basin National Park.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583143943_Pbg7i" title="I got an early start the next morning. This is some of the folk art along the fence leading up to Great Basin National Park."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2145/583143943_Pbg7i-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="I got an early start the next morning. This is some of the folk art along the fence leading up to Great Basin National Park." title="I got an early start the next morning. This is some of the folk art along the fence leading up to Great Basin National Park." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583142755_Dmywi <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />There were a few sprinkles in the evening, then around 12:30 a.m. there was a violent thunderstorm (at least it seemed violent from inside my little tent). This is the view from my campsite. ...</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583142755_Dmywi" title="There were a few sprinkles in the evening, then around 12:30 a.m. there was a violent thunderstorm (at least it seemed violent from inside my little tent). This is the view from my campsite. ..."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2142/583142755_Dmywi-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="There were a few sprinkles in the evening, then around 12:30 a.m. there was a violent thunderstorm (at least it seemed violent from inside my little tent). This is the view from my campsite. ..." title="There were a few sprinkles in the evening, then around 12:30 a.m. there was a violent thunderstorm (at least it seemed violent from inside my little tent). This is the view from my campsite. ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:50:53 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2142/583142755_Dmywi-Th.jpg 2009-06-30 19:36:13 dc58a8455467694f745ed4688aed6836 7ee6f915be070533f2b1011c9b165ac9 151c3c2749a40bf457d77cc9f3582f72 924de5a72f55f77ac3074ad0e7ebcae9 46fd8f8bd09ae239ff8a9b1a281196f1 6b90b0928aaf1256ad89fa9ccf239b96 65d139e91b081d8a095450907312a514 be2dcd8957b46225f06f709f8d17fc75 a93b4e73bb4f91a96f5527cb9de9ca53 There were a few sprinkles in the evening, then around 12:30 a.m. there was a violent thunderstorm (at least it seemed violent from inside my little tent). This is the view from my campsite. ... <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />There were a few sprinkles in the evening, then around 12:30 a.m. there was a violent thunderstorm (at least it seemed violent from inside my little tent). This is the view from my campsite. ...</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583142755_Dmywi" title="There were a few sprinkles in the evening, then around 12:30 a.m. there was a violent thunderstorm (at least it seemed violent from inside my little tent). This is the view from my campsite. ..."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2142/583142755_Dmywi-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="There were a few sprinkles in the evening, then around 12:30 a.m. there was a violent thunderstorm (at least it seemed violent from inside my little tent). This is the view from my campsite. ..." title="There were a few sprinkles in the evening, then around 12:30 a.m. there was a violent thunderstorm (at least it seemed violent from inside my little tent). This is the view from my campsite. ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583141413_DDuMS <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />A little googling shows that Lars Hexem was born in 1910 and died in 1995 in Ely, Nevada.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583141413_DDuMS" title="A little googling shows that Lars Hexem was born in 1910 and died in 1995 in Ely, Nevada."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2133/583141413_DDuMS-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="A little googling shows that Lars Hexem was born in 1910 and died in 1995 in Ely, Nevada." title="A little googling shows that Lars Hexem was born in 1910 and died in 1995 in Ely, Nevada." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:49:27 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2133/583141413_DDuMS-Th.jpg 2009-06-30 18:31:33 698b7a2e2cde279d4a4a94e7f4348470 6011a3cb2f2a0682e60f239eadec24f7 9a07fc6cee2119fbb7a0c1b472ac10b8 ad855d6f1dbdc9476176b355f8efddd4 10745aee30e184509a30b54ccfe8a7e6 d9f9663a80567616d0298deadc809539 f4b93fd0eb4f0ee40ec48c4a061202a9 bad50726bd13e09bb7b93b44ce82983c af04b8a42a9cee74aa5ec3ac46179d47 A little googling shows that Lars Hexem was born in 1910 and died in 1995 in Ely, Nevada. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />A little googling shows that Lars Hexem was born in 1910 and died in 1995 in Ely, Nevada.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583141413_DDuMS" title="A little googling shows that Lars Hexem was born in 1910 and died in 1995 in Ely, Nevada."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2133/583141413_DDuMS-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="A little googling shows that Lars Hexem was born in 1910 and died in 1995 in Ely, Nevada." title="A little googling shows that Lars Hexem was born in 1910 and died in 1995 in Ely, Nevada." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583140089_Xd9Zp <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />A meadow with views of Wheeler Peak.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583140089_Xd9Zp" title="A meadow with views of Wheeler Peak."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2132/583140089_Xd9Zp-Th.jpg" width="150" height="102" alt="A meadow with views of Wheeler Peak." title="A meadow with views of Wheeler Peak." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:48:10 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2132/583140089_Xd9Zp-Th.jpg 2009-06-30 18:12:39 1962c4da461d51a103f81ca6eba688f6 a8a758c4c37cb0cfd0a7ce343255c81b f8804dcc26b0a1cf01e67fe6589fb704 554c7255747ca29dba134fa900d66c26 f41b1d1c542464ca23a44c4fbe51fc13 89f70f72a69d9b6247a13763280f2cc2 f49de850d66fa0735dfc9eef8bea9970 399680ad727cbed21bb058a67b431e5c 9d4bf356535ef7e1869afaaee0d61bf6 A meadow with views of Wheeler Peak. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />A meadow with views of Wheeler Peak.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583140089_Xd9Zp" title="A meadow with views of Wheeler Peak."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2132/583140089_Xd9Zp-Th.jpg" width="150" height="102" alt="A meadow with views of Wheeler Peak." title="A meadow with views of Wheeler Peak." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583139200_XYUeZ <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />A meadow with views of Wheeler Peak.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583139200_XYUeZ" title="A meadow with views of Wheeler Peak."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2128/583139200_XYUeZ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="119" alt="A meadow with views of Wheeler Peak." title="A meadow with views of Wheeler Peak." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:47:19 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2128/583139200_XYUeZ-Th.jpg 2009-06-30 18:11:03 3c9545534fdd2c52c24f154ea188cc7c b0a3febf123d39a6b148249c24ceaf6c 23b84a0bfe7e8290882290163888bc40 6f5fb51f3cf2b792e983fc443b85f29d d1cd672cfb668b0f4ff4f7b85cc92fb7 f12c967ace0028b7a69d969c32f099e6 842615cc71fda357380108e24db39bfd 5a1413269ef7176544afb94efc85d59b 877970c4e4e3b59656317b4bd751d75d A meadow with views of Wheeler Peak. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />A meadow with views of Wheeler Peak.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583139200_XYUeZ" title="A meadow with views of Wheeler Peak."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2128/583139200_XYUeZ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="119" alt="A meadow with views of Wheeler Peak." title="A meadow with views of Wheeler Peak." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583137905_fz3RM <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />After the cave tour, I rode back to the campground, then hiked a few miles up along Lehman Creek, where I saw this red-naped sapsucker.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583137905_fz3RM" title="After the cave tour, I rode back to the campground, then hiked a few miles up along Lehman Creek, where I saw this red-naped sapsucker."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2126/583137905_fz3RM-Th.jpg" width="150" height="115" alt="After the cave tour, I rode back to the campground, then hiked a few miles up along Lehman Creek, where I saw this red-naped sapsucker." title="After the cave tour, I rode back to the campground, then hiked a few miles up along Lehman Creek, where I saw this red-naped sapsucker." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:46:03 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2126/583137905_fz3RM-Th.jpg 2009-06-30 18:03:51 b5a875ce62002ee31d334a9e399c4331 d1168e9c50978a7b7a91f529379b8b84 cec44d6fa6af428fd1b4e20a5bf52c02 11ffdd43a536857a8cdb4c97af7370ed be653a56ca28e33ecebe2001715a53d1 After the cave tour, I rode back to the campground, then hiked a few miles up along Lehman Creek, where I saw this red-naped sapsucker. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />After the cave tour, I rode back to the campground, then hiked a few miles up along Lehman Creek, where I saw this red-naped sapsucker.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583137905_fz3RM" title="After the cave tour, I rode back to the campground, then hiked a few miles up along Lehman Creek, where I saw this red-naped sapsucker."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2126/583137905_fz3RM-Th.jpg" width="150" height="115" alt="After the cave tour, I rode back to the campground, then hiked a few miles up along Lehman Creek, where I saw this red-naped sapsucker." title="After the cave tour, I rode back to the campground, then hiked a few miles up along Lehman Creek, where I saw this red-naped sapsucker." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583137803_mm6fT <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />Barn swallows outside Lehman Cave.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583137803_mm6fT" title="Barn swallows outside Lehman Cave."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2119/583137803_mm6fT-Th.jpg" width="150" height="126" alt="Barn swallows outside Lehman Cave." title="Barn swallows outside Lehman Cave." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:45:56 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2119/583137803_mm6fT-Th.jpg 2009-06-30 13:52:31 6ec904fae13b5c8a1182c5b08531bb4e b417256e9b7a79a15d3164d1a270e61e a8815a3f8d41490c7159db458dc5eb39 22f896fcbf603c3fa4a80ccb80cdf96f d9e59fea8a0272e470be4811393ecb4b 24b88b5f86892d0efd909534d32980d4 c792196100e92cbcdb9a22fe41345af3 5e138721419bd063f1c91b92b05426a4 fcc97da55e756669108061f637a31875 Barn swallows outside Lehman Cave. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />Barn swallows outside Lehman Cave.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583137803_mm6fT" title="Barn swallows outside Lehman Cave."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2119/583137803_mm6fT-Th.jpg" width="150" height="126" alt="Barn swallows outside Lehman Cave." title="Barn swallows outside Lehman Cave." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583137041_VEF3x <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />Inside Lehman Cave.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583137041_VEF3x" title="Inside Lehman Cave."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2117/583137041_VEF3x-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Inside Lehman Cave." title="Inside Lehman Cave." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:45:14 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2117/583137041_VEF3x-Th.jpg 2009-06-30 13:30:11 b78a7fe0d47747f7f55b67c3096c1e23 396aca713ea6fe133692cef8f60df7aa ac9757b13e52991945909f29a1aa7eef 8d95451ea914913275d13d1b30099f48 741679470cd202e55136bf7367ee9b39 ffa2ef5eb499a157e16b8360afc8ee3f 636f0198117e5bf4fc36a0c9f07de63e 8be7ba398af9c11686d067b4819e7ee9 e0b08e52061f479d1bd7cf880021e210 Inside Lehman Cave. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />Inside Lehman Cave.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583137041_VEF3x" title="Inside Lehman Cave."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2117/583137041_VEF3x-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Inside Lehman Cave." title="Inside Lehman Cave." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583136068_Kab3Y <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />Inside Lehman Cave.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583136068_Kab3Y" title="Inside Lehman Cave."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2114/583136068_Kab3Y-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Inside Lehman Cave." title="Inside Lehman Cave." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:44:19 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2114/583136068_Kab3Y-Th.jpg 2009-06-30 13:26:50 090b9a28b235ecabe5cdb0b57d971601 a8990de629f26dc214070eec3d267f3e b412966c7224a48d3ca7f058c0828562 1a829f68b130c4f5aee933c5f676590c 31f5580b3c1f4187d84586b40ce8f72c 8c0e8303c26cc6620a88a0d6cafaf759 258f707ffaa386974ef23f2e17800f0c 6c99ac50d03f1421d454a77672c53b3c 5b0581c26501ecd14fa5a2873d881e84 Inside Lehman Cave. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />Inside Lehman Cave.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583136068_Kab3Y" title="Inside Lehman Cave."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2114/583136068_Kab3Y-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Inside Lehman Cave." title="Inside Lehman Cave." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583135424_7v7sB <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />Inside Lehman Cave.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583135424_7v7sB" title="Inside Lehman Cave."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2099/583135424_7v7sB-Th.jpg" width="150" height="110" alt="Inside Lehman Cave." title="Inside Lehman Cave." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:43:40 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2099/583135424_7v7sB-Th.jpg 2009-06-30 13:10:20 9f5ab489c96b8c1fa68c2a8ee13e4cd9 40ecfcba60dd914464243f9cf2cda5d7 f6a0def0983f8797d58fd2b232c70321 1a9367b07112dff17fb475c6487f622d 85842f8d3fd17cde94533de0a85ff07e eb0b5a46a4c4e4d32e8f11834b9b667d 842a81b3051dd243902074a33daae644 0f271cfd6fa8f05668a51421c276e68f 99029ff7d164e445b9955b34542a8a6e Inside Lehman Cave. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />Inside Lehman Cave.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583135424_7v7sB" title="Inside Lehman Cave."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2099/583135424_7v7sB-Th.jpg" width="150" height="110" alt="Inside Lehman Cave." title="Inside Lehman Cave." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583134076_Zg9MW <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />When graffitti is old enough, it becomes historic.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583134076_Zg9MW" title="When graffitti is old enough, it becomes historic."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2098/583134076_Zg9MW-Th.jpg" width="150" height="98" alt="When graffitti is old enough, it becomes historic." title="When graffitti is old enough, it becomes historic." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:42:18 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2098/583134076_Zg9MW-Th.jpg 2009-06-30 13:09:37 717c0e057f0ad6a6bd85a527423f9370 a8b7fa06e4438c61edbd99387fe9011c 2046fe5a88e6cd2672ad3e51aacb3fe0 47df14277ebaba24902d43ea6979885c c25d0d2876f129aa4d37c79afe0d03e5 6da707274aba01a87aa96310d4c84471 544ff7689296c34452314e16a7251ef4 bbc7e03e6a0d2b2c54685bbc5b6abbe4 6a8cc10c571ed3e59ccd006854bd59fb When graffitti is old enough, it becomes historic. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />When graffitti is old enough, it becomes historic.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583134076_Zg9MW" title="When graffitti is old enough, it becomes historic."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2098/583134076_Zg9MW-Th.jpg" width="150" height="98" alt="When graffitti is old enough, it becomes historic." title="When graffitti is old enough, it becomes historic." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583133528_QmfVU <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />I took the 9 a.m. tour of Lehman Cave the next morning.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583133528_QmfVU" title="I took the 9 a.m. tour of Lehman Cave the next morning."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2080/583133528_QmfVU-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="I took the 9 a.m. tour of Lehman Cave the next morning." title="I took the 9 a.m. tour of Lehman Cave the next morning." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:41:43 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2080/583133528_QmfVU-Th.jpg 2009-06-30 12:30:36 32de3936e9891c96d9b0ae77266fd7f0 45b54ca99fcb85cb8f539da5f4fe2e3e 153d9a44ab2ffc06b680aaf7997f0c1b f37e5e4556ce0907158b321a1d29281d 14e07198fd2b529b4ed5ba289afcbce3 a1c333f79de88d9d008e32b713a6cb39 22d4f3a9f10abeec7bae0b61c52add6c 8b357c571f44eb98493b51e81044c567 eb254f7acc387b37f522e004fdaf81f9 I took the 9 a.m. tour of Lehman Cave the next morning. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />I took the 9 a.m. tour of Lehman Cave the next morning.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583133528_QmfVU" title="I took the 9 a.m. tour of Lehman Cave the next morning."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2080/583133528_QmfVU-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="I took the 9 a.m. tour of Lehman Cave the next morning." title="I took the 9 a.m. tour of Lehman Cave the next morning." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583132781_MqCVe <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />I think this is Wheeler Peak, the second-highest peak in Nevada, part of Great Basin National Park. I camped in Lower Lehman Creek Campground in the park. Total for the day: 70.2 miles, 10.6 ...</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583132781_MqCVe" title="I think this is Wheeler Peak, the second-highest peak in Nevada, part of Great Basin National Park. I camped in Lower Lehman Creek Campground in the park. Total for the day: 70.2 miles, 10.6 ..."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2071/583132781_MqCVe-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="I think this is Wheeler Peak, the second-highest peak in Nevada, part of Great Basin National Park. I camped in Lower Lehman Creek Campground in the park. Total for the day: 70.2 miles, 10.6 ..." title="I think this is Wheeler Peak, the second-highest peak in Nevada, part of Great Basin National Park. I camped in Lower Lehman Creek Campground in the park. Total for the day: 70.2 miles, 10.6 ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:41:00 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2071/583132781_MqCVe-Th.jpg 2009-06-29 14:20:50 79fe892d82ac2421c1d4271c9c2e17f1 96fa8bcee43397e903019ba8e8f3bc17 05f02ca86a489838ab6b10a127d9a7db b979fd464e52b26849358928d9c12374 204df6a716a73d2023a1d0aa87b76b7c 1aa3d46ee6bdc494df84521a6f9166ec b189bd83914100f4b3eedbdcf77111ab 4bb1d0c52028a4a338700ec895c46923 e62e029fce31a1641c1f651a0b8d2ce2 I think this is Wheeler Peak, the second-highest peak in Nevada, part of Great Basin National Park. I camped in Lower Lehman Creek Campground in the park. Total for the day: 70.2 miles, 10.6 ... <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />I think this is Wheeler Peak, the second-highest peak in Nevada, part of Great Basin National Park. I camped in Lower Lehman Creek Campground in the park. Total for the day: 70.2 miles, 10.6 ...</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583132781_MqCVe" title="I think this is Wheeler Peak, the second-highest peak in Nevada, part of Great Basin National Park. I camped in Lower Lehman Creek Campground in the park. Total for the day: 70.2 miles, 10.6 ..."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2071/583132781_MqCVe-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="I think this is Wheeler Peak, the second-highest peak in Nevada, part of Great Basin National Park. I camped in Lower Lehman Creek Campground in the park. Total for the day: 70.2 miles, 10.6 ..." title="I think this is Wheeler Peak, the second-highest peak in Nevada, part of Great Basin National Park. I camped in Lower Lehman Creek Campground in the park. Total for the day: 70.2 miles, 10.6 ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583131895_mh3MM <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />Scary clown cow.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583131895_mh3MM" title="Scary clown cow."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2069/583131895_mh3MM-Th.jpg" width="150" height="109" alt="Scary clown cow." title="Scary clown cow." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:40:09 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2069/583131895_mh3MM-Th.jpg 2009-06-29 14:04:56 7dc8573c1ae3a7ba1911adf87c03f55b 2e7917dac73ca9b996314a1641c93735 2f9babacfa9f1e3de920954a215b463b d7ade98cfdd3ed9382f5aaf553d98e41 4401ffc1ef15d1c7c7c2fbbff2fb1f5e 3ba4adda0bf714628f464909433d60d4 1cfded4ba2dc7b77bd48b944c6984060 6b2c0adc8936241a12e7e68db3cd1bb9 Scary clown cow. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />Scary clown cow.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583131895_mh3MM" title="Scary clown cow."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2069/583131895_mh3MM-Th.jpg" width="150" height="109" alt="Scary clown cow." title="Scary clown cow." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583130525_FZ4wR <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />Someone likes antlers.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583130525_FZ4wR" title="Someone likes antlers."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2067/583130525_FZ4wR-Th.jpg" width="150" height="126" alt="Someone likes antlers." title="Someone likes antlers." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:38:49 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2067/583130525_FZ4wR-Th.jpg 2009-06-29 13:47:37 df803f340779115fe835c71880937d1c 485945e9f4a591162479080ac3090a26 a68fe3a55924d884cb7aa1fa30a963c6 99cc8b6c2eb5e449a694741ec4718e33 831ff6379e4a6c058dbefa37c4e005d4 cd10aaa75edad8cb9cda9ce2c08a6010 be22d02a408a1f08b8f826dc4e790274 5e795b8ec29dc28e872824c2563a11d3 5cc95336e243a644a3a356b517c23f6f Someone likes antlers. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />Someone likes antlers.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583130525_FZ4wR" title="Someone likes antlers."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2067/583130525_FZ4wR-Th.jpg" width="150" height="126" alt="Someone likes antlers." title="Someone likes antlers." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583129331_p6rDJ <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />This is next to the highway, at least 5 miles from the nearest house. I don't know who CTF is.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583129331_p6rDJ" title="This is next to the highway, at least 5 miles from the nearest house. I don't know who CTF is."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2066/583129331_p6rDJ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="110" alt="This is next to the highway, at least 5 miles from the nearest house. I don't know who CTF is." title="This is next to the highway, at least 5 miles from the nearest house. I don't know who CTF is." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:37:42 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2066/583129331_p6rDJ-Th.jpg 2009-06-29 13:03:23 3d33f8d7ea95457950bc0b661c8fdec8 ab78bda4984321112a7a01303b255a85 3e715d493623727666318406289afbfb c842f25867d03350ef3ff5a6eef22203 458b8bbcbc4bb54039d28c3982ddad93 5d4b94e0032398e858de2e169c98891b 36686d2356f6c2722be279236864434d 94bac176da498d1be82c36328aba3c41 a9f1b4413986f87b0a6c93f30b7b5d18 This is next to the highway, at least 5 miles from the nearest house. I don't know who CTF is. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />This is next to the highway, at least 5 miles from the nearest house. I don't know who CTF is.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583129331_p6rDJ" title="This is next to the highway, at least 5 miles from the nearest house. I don't know who CTF is."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2066/583129331_p6rDJ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="110" alt="This is next to the highway, at least 5 miles from the nearest house. I don't know who CTF is." title="This is next to the highway, at least 5 miles from the nearest house. I don't know who CTF is." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583128318_Q7fsh <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />There are more trees in eastern Nevada than there were in the central part.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583128318_Q7fsh" title="There are more trees in eastern Nevada than there were in the central part."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2063/583128318_Q7fsh-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="There are more trees in eastern Nevada than there were in the central part." title="There are more trees in eastern Nevada than there were in the central part." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:36:43 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2063/583128318_Q7fsh-Th.jpg 2009-06-29 11:38:13 856d4aeaa2ee4a4bbb37877bc60be341 c0c1d502ce9603dc9523aa3cdee833de 13f21f7ff9af43c197764c45138194a2 8c585fd32dcb71a1b4a2e3b73d1ba3f4 b2bac0996b2ce1fb8f6e6b1a336de088 682903d94cfe17e58e5bfffa998f5b42 037b2e6ec2c95d057fa245403f6f530c 0f3095e80479f2f0f6960d5b5abf243e 3a8dc8b2ecb298e8c5974cc61ab32457 There are more trees in eastern Nevada than there were in the central part. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />There are more trees in eastern Nevada than there were in the central part.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583128318_Q7fsh" title="There are more trees in eastern Nevada than there were in the central part."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2063/583128318_Q7fsh-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="There are more trees in eastern Nevada than there were in the central part." title="There are more trees in eastern Nevada than there were in the central part." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583127626_8kqNB <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />This is Cave Lake the next morning.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583127626_8kqNB" title="This is Cave Lake the next morning."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2056/583127626_8kqNB-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="This is Cave Lake the next morning." title="This is Cave Lake the next morning." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:36:01 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2056/583127626_8kqNB-Th.jpg 2009-06-29 08:07:21 497a9ea1c6dc846c756e49ede52c1105 8d0641985877292e72ed03080b458fb3 9cf1e69a9350ba20d069e6f0957f5a07 75fe1aac7ef6a22d1f36a4549cb8bb36 a46285cc504228825943e15f18b5211d 38c9489c0d122f73c6155e8545a82ebc a7b2e09f4afa007661311fefec99cf86 3e4acb27596e9ebaefebab4d81300227 a036309911a43c17e595199e2f812618 This is Cave Lake the next morning. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />This is Cave Lake the next morning.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583127626_8kqNB" title="This is Cave Lake the next morning."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2056/583127626_8kqNB-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="This is Cave Lake the next morning." title="This is Cave Lake the next morning." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583126226_Ed8fZ <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />I set my alarm for 3 a.m. so I could look at the stars. The Milky Way was amazingly bright and detailed. I tried to take a picture of it, but the maximum 15 second exposure on my camera just ...</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583126226_Ed8fZ" title="I set my alarm for 3 a.m. so I could look at the stars. The Milky Way was amazingly bright and detailed. I tried to take a picture of it, but the maximum 15 second exposure on my camera just ..."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2051/583126226_Ed8fZ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="I set my alarm for 3 a.m. so I could look at the stars. The Milky Way was amazingly bright and detailed. I tried to take a picture of it, but the maximum 15 second exposure on my camera just ..." title="I set my alarm for 3 a.m. so I could look at the stars. The Milky Way was amazingly bright and detailed. I tried to take a picture of it, but the maximum 15 second exposure on my camera just ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:34:40 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2051/583126226_Ed8fZ-Th.jpg 2009-06-29 06:15:52 f37f7106d3a5ad0f358968b6424af9ad 220c105a166994354a9d8a13941c9844 67e76637d88491384303ede66225fb88 df318571325a8d34d0035e35676ed057 88f56a26e08b78caac7a12cd65fd520f 82a479daeeb444026af735d27b5356ce fdaeb55d125e2b572adf6d247be17fc1 89e735e0a1626d43041eb2ea74328b96 ce58eaac6ca82aabce97b733469beccc I set my alarm for 3 a.m. so I could look at the stars. The Milky Way was amazingly bright and detailed. I tried to take a picture of it, but the maximum 15 second exposure on my camera just ... <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />I set my alarm for 3 a.m. so I could look at the stars. The Milky Way was amazingly bright and detailed. I tried to take a picture of it, but the maximum 15 second exposure on my camera just ...</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583126226_Ed8fZ" title="I set my alarm for 3 a.m. so I could look at the stars. The Milky Way was amazingly bright and detailed. I tried to take a picture of it, but the maximum 15 second exposure on my camera just ..."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2051/583126226_Ed8fZ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="I set my alarm for 3 a.m. so I could look at the stars. The Milky Way was amazingly bright and detailed. I tried to take a picture of it, but the maximum 15 second exposure on my camera just ..." title="I set my alarm for 3 a.m. so I could look at the stars. The Milky Way was amazingly bright and detailed. I tried to take a picture of it, but the maximum 15 second exposure on my camera just ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583125257_Ak94n <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />A few miles past Ely, I turned off US 50 and rode 6 miles uphill to get to Cave Lake State Park. It was worth it; I had a great campsite with a view of the lake in the distance. Total for th ...</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583125257_Ak94n" title="A few miles past Ely, I turned off US 50 and rode 6 miles uphill to get to Cave Lake State Park. It was worth it; I had a great campsite with a view of the lake in the distance. Total for th ..."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2046/583125257_Ak94n-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="A few miles past Ely, I turned off US 50 and rode 6 miles uphill to get to Cave Lake State Park. It was worth it; I had a great campsite with a view of the lake in the distance. Total for th ..." title="A few miles past Ely, I turned off US 50 and rode 6 miles uphill to get to Cave Lake State Park. It was worth it; I had a great campsite with a view of the lake in the distance. Total for th ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:33:42 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2046/583125257_Ak94n-Th.jpg 2009-06-28 20:29:26 64aea11413a17312caabd01d22623104 d826f780d6280dd6826b1dede985313b b889a6f82676638713497fc5b3007bcb 7bfdd1d637be14b13fad8653772181c1 903c882fd0b38643617c1e75a2182845 8cc3e11ac9005505ebefcfaac255cda2 97e7dd5878dee968a384f646b9f4d3ae 349bc4f7316dbd75adccdf199f15b0fc d80f3b0de18dc9e8f7d3d5c1c48ea0e3 A few miles past Ely, I turned off US 50 and rode 6 miles uphill to get to Cave Lake State Park. It was worth it; I had a great campsite with a view of the lake in the distance. Total for th ... <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />A few miles past Ely, I turned off US 50 and rode 6 miles uphill to get to Cave Lake State Park. It was worth it; I had a great campsite with a view of the lake in the distance. Total for th ...</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583125257_Ak94n" title="A few miles past Ely, I turned off US 50 and rode 6 miles uphill to get to Cave Lake State Park. It was worth it; I had a great campsite with a view of the lake in the distance. Total for th ..."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2046/583125257_Ak94n-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="A few miles past Ely, I turned off US 50 and rode 6 miles uphill to get to Cave Lake State Park. It was worth it; I had a great campsite with a view of the lake in the distance. Total for th ..." title="A few miles past Ely, I turned off US 50 and rode 6 miles uphill to get to Cave Lake State Park. It was worth it; I had a great campsite with a view of the lake in the distance. Total for th ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583124152_gmBxb <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />I passed through Ely, Nevada, which was depressing. Here's a pile of mine waste just outside of town.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583124152_gmBxb" title="I passed through Ely, Nevada, which was depressing. Here's a pile of mine waste just outside of town."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2043/583124152_gmBxb-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="I passed through Ely, Nevada, which was depressing. Here's a pile of mine waste just outside of town." title="I passed through Ely, Nevada, which was depressing. Here's a pile of mine waste just outside of town." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:32:35 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2043/583124152_gmBxb-Th.jpg 2009-06-28 15:56:12 d3d794576401dbd8fd3fb26ac415ab92 7a6e290401bf58525033af428c35d7c3 166b02c17166fd8b957e5cb4156bc2f3 fd6469ea80d2969dc0653310d3f13300 35d61d66443dbcd2673b559e5f0e0140 c1499707169d2c43788157c5355a85ed 8b8e6884bd557dae144cf6b0aca10f7f deb4a45e0062f0c6b488f58a8fcb1b0f 01dd231945b88e411f06c010da54ecb7 I passed through Ely, Nevada, which was depressing. Here's a pile of mine waste just outside of town. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />I passed through Ely, Nevada, which was depressing. Here's a pile of mine waste just outside of town.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583124152_gmBxb" title="I passed through Ely, Nevada, which was depressing. Here's a pile of mine waste just outside of town."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2043/583124152_gmBxb-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="I passed through Ely, Nevada, which was depressing. Here's a pile of mine waste just outside of town." title="I passed through Ely, Nevada, which was depressing. Here's a pile of mine waste just outside of town." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583123139_65oYA <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />Today had short, steep uphills and long, gentle downhills; I probably had 50 miles of coasting today.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583123139_65oYA" title="Today had short, steep uphills and long, gentle downhills; I probably had 50 miles of coasting today."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2041/583123139_65oYA-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Today had short, steep uphills and long, gentle downhills; I probably had 50 miles of coasting today." title="Today had short, steep uphills and long, gentle downhills; I probably had 50 miles of coasting today." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:31:38 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2041/583123139_65oYA-Th.jpg 2009-06-28 13:17:24 fab9c18e50796934d6fbeca8ef7b570b 7cfe38f3e825177be0d71f18eb1510fd 334e836d54657f44081c292bdbdc68bf c3a7e9e378b30c2d3a79b61bd75bc678 1ed10ec7241c13f1c1090e032ce7d651 215fd8db128d527e78c0e73f9e4c8ea2 ca43f9245d1a4b7dafc709d642dbde85 118150cd0a55b710bb14d8c40009ede8 43fcd2b25823e61b2652861deb229200 Today had short, steep uphills and long, gentle downhills; I probably had 50 miles of coasting today. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />Today had short, steep uphills and long, gentle downhills; I probably had 50 miles of coasting today.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583123139_65oYA" title="Today had short, steep uphills and long, gentle downhills; I probably had 50 miles of coasting today."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2041/583123139_65oYA-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Today had short, steep uphills and long, gentle downhills; I probably had 50 miles of coasting today." title="Today had short, steep uphills and long, gentle downhills; I probably had 50 miles of coasting today." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583122035_dxDDr <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />I stayed in a motel in Eureka, Nevada. The Owl Casino and Restaurant across the street was full, so I ate at a new Chinese restaurant in town. It's hard enough for me to imagine what it's li ...</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583122035_dxDDr" title="I stayed in a motel in Eureka, Nevada. The Owl Casino and Restaurant across the street was full, so I ate at a new Chinese restaurant in town. It's hard enough for me to imagine what it's li ..."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2040/583122035_dxDDr-Th.jpg" width="150" height="111" alt="I stayed in a motel in Eureka, Nevada. The Owl Casino and Restaurant across the street was full, so I ate at a new Chinese restaurant in town. It's hard enough for me to imagine what it's li ..." title="I stayed in a motel in Eureka, Nevada. The Owl Casino and Restaurant across the street was full, so I ate at a new Chinese restaurant in town. It's hard enough for me to imagine what it's li ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:30:40 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2040/583122035_dxDDr-Th.jpg 2009-06-27 20:55:11 cb9cbb973ad92496b0f20f564f15937e 45bec0870dd9a64fddfe0eda495965b3 e5302e7ebdf0047311ef1e96ad0a6204 b886c835fc5388e60706b7f34fd2f942 603a17ea7a484da643e50ef7f1b398e3 44621aaeedbccb9f199ed5d39b649341 d23005c05654dcadea9c6d83b611a184 92c3ba0892d291dd5a91582d7751d1bf a5e3b74ebc2214e3eb4aeea8a1c699cc I stayed in a motel in Eureka, Nevada. The Owl Casino and Restaurant across the street was full, so I ate at a new Chinese restaurant in town. It's hard enough for me to imagine what it's li ... <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />I stayed in a motel in Eureka, Nevada. The Owl Casino and Restaurant across the street was full, so I ate at a new Chinese restaurant in town. It's hard enough for me to imagine what it's li ...</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583122035_dxDDr" title="I stayed in a motel in Eureka, Nevada. The Owl Casino and Restaurant across the street was full, so I ate at a new Chinese restaurant in town. It's hard enough for me to imagine what it's li ..."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2040/583122035_dxDDr-Th.jpg" width="150" height="111" alt="I stayed in a motel in Eureka, Nevada. The Owl Casino and Restaurant across the street was full, so I ate at a new Chinese restaurant in town. It's hard enough for me to imagine what it's li ..." title="I stayed in a motel in Eureka, Nevada. The Owl Casino and Restaurant across the street was full, so I ate at a new Chinese restaurant in town. It's hard enough for me to imagine what it's li ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583120445_UCK3a <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />The pattern on US 50 is that you go up a couple thousand feet, down the other side, then have a long flat section before the next ridge. This is one of the uphills.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583120445_UCK3a" title="The pattern on US 50 is that you go up a couple thousand feet, down the other side, then have a long flat section before the next ridge. This is one of the uphills."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2039/583120445_UCK3a-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="The pattern on US 50 is that you go up a couple thousand feet, down the other side, then have a long flat section before the next ridge. This is one of the uphills." title="The pattern on US 50 is that you go up a couple thousand feet, down the other side, then have a long flat section before the next ridge. This is one of the uphills." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:29:20 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2039/583120445_UCK3a-Th.jpg 2009-06-27 18:21:04 31c2568dbcd9c07c5cc83412cf46e2fa 7de6aab4e2026d22ae08ea6311e1f00d 79b842e9b6d6be8b013f46f40c734971 977c9966597832db3e6b0351ba8d6f15 ded660d5b4d4c25a8b56191c6e43671c f2f131db413c05d725ae6ebca6914ea1 9656c0638094863d1c7c04b308c5a572 e0c42064f097b917e4c097128f2de0cc 61d21601dd35c78494a8d428010849c8 The pattern on US 50 is that you go up a couple thousand feet, down the other side, then have a long flat section before the next ridge. This is one of the uphills. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />The pattern on US 50 is that you go up a couple thousand feet, down the other side, then have a long flat section before the next ridge. This is one of the uphills.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583120445_UCK3a" title="The pattern on US 50 is that you go up a couple thousand feet, down the other side, then have a long flat section before the next ridge. This is one of the uphills."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2039/583120445_UCK3a-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="The pattern on US 50 is that you go up a couple thousand feet, down the other side, then have a long flat section before the next ridge. This is one of the uphills." title="The pattern on US 50 is that you go up a couple thousand feet, down the other side, then have a long flat section before the next ridge. This is one of the uphills." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583119643_VHhTd <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />Prickly pear in bloom.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583119643_VHhTd" title="Prickly pear in bloom."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2037/583119643_VHhTd-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Prickly pear in bloom." title="Prickly pear in bloom." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:28:39 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2037/583119643_VHhTd-Th.jpg 2009-06-27 16:38:32 119f609950570eed62caca98fbf6cd87 895c2913e6ebf3a188b17d099a9c0d09 a29ea4ea49159f82dbbac2a44c0aa265 f0385e527811d463a2555481a0a9dfb6 1dac326852964beadfd7e20b88d2c804 b51923009f8d1672f9b132a74adf5fc8 32ec12bad6a818510ee1a258c9e25a79 5ed5da953840ea5518c818e8a92d672c 6331d0f14891da1ee6c573bd95933c44 Prickly pear in bloom. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />Prickly pear in bloom.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583119643_VHhTd" title="Prickly pear in bloom."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2037/583119643_VHhTd-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Prickly pear in bloom." title="Prickly pear in bloom." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583117837_7rgay <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />From Austin, I went east on US 50. I met a cross-country bicyclist heading west to his home in Los Angeles, the last cyclist I'd see on this trip.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583117837_7rgay" title="From Austin, I went east on US 50. I met a cross-country bicyclist heading west to his home in Los Angeles, the last cyclist I'd see on this trip."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2036/583117837_7rgay-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="From Austin, I went east on US 50. I met a cross-country bicyclist heading west to his home in Los Angeles, the last cyclist I'd see on this trip." title="From Austin, I went east on US 50. I met a cross-country bicyclist heading west to his home in Los Angeles, the last cyclist I'd see on this trip." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:27:05 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2036/583117837_7rgay-Th.jpg 2009-06-27 13:26:59 bd521c2b884a9141728892ea46846972 11c866d7c083e9eb29ebf01dadaac694 86ac2a5a1ea7c41daa4f40c7f0de5e0b 6c8ee2a1f89257a40ed92b31ea213063 41472ab79a6d943664f27fc2665ce28f 974107c522c5824be1c68a3256a37fc7 7c4b2875dbc52fc1444405b6776c2209 99bc81dacbf7fab679a257edcd95a59e 6a0e555f9189a03349ff5ad19b9c47f3 From Austin, I went east on US 50. I met a cross-country bicyclist heading west to his home in Los Angeles, the last cyclist I'd see on this trip. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />From Austin, I went east on US 50. I met a cross-country bicyclist heading west to his home in Los Angeles, the last cyclist I'd see on this trip.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583117837_7rgay" title="From Austin, I went east on US 50. I met a cross-country bicyclist heading west to his home in Los Angeles, the last cyclist I'd see on this trip."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2036/583117837_7rgay-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="From Austin, I went east on US 50. I met a cross-country bicyclist heading west to his home in Los Angeles, the last cyclist I'd see on this trip." title="From Austin, I went east on US 50. I met a cross-country bicyclist heading west to his home in Los Angeles, the last cyclist I'd see on this trip." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583117066_K9fkb <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />It was starting to get dark when I arrived in Austin, Nevada, where I stayed in a motel. Total for the day: 143.0 miles, 13.5 mph. This long day put me back on my original schedule, making u ...</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583117066_K9fkb" title="It was starting to get dark when I arrived in Austin, Nevada, where I stayed in a motel. Total for the day: 143.0 miles, 13.5 mph. This long day put me back on my original schedule, making u ..."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2035/583117066_K9fkb-Th.jpg" width="150" height="105" alt="It was starting to get dark when I arrived in Austin, Nevada, where I stayed in a motel. Total for the day: 143.0 miles, 13.5 mph. This long day put me back on my original schedule, making u ..." title="It was starting to get dark when I arrived in Austin, Nevada, where I stayed in a motel. Total for the day: 143.0 miles, 13.5 mph. This long day put me back on my original schedule, making u ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:26:22 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2035/583117066_K9fkb-Th.jpg 2009-06-27 12:18:36 c4b993b0b5d4fe1afceab503fd639b4f 06497e0808ba551e3a37a5de0eb68402 70481366b50c11efe400e0aa2df0eeb0 a57a911e1424bcba59275fa8770ac545 33cf01cf177ea259fbbe433cb949c83d 00c29b8afae6de342f68c48e5baf8809 523249c0ce40eb36299e44b6305fb23d 83c1d4598ef7e7763cb3e03d506664d8 ef8c30b079e387bea76a1167b41ce13f It was starting to get dark when I arrived in Austin, Nevada, where I stayed in a motel. Total for the day: 143.0 miles, 13.5 mph. This long day put me back on my original schedule, making u ... <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />It was starting to get dark when I arrived in Austin, Nevada, where I stayed in a motel. Total for the day: 143.0 miles, 13.5 mph. This long day put me back on my original schedule, making u ...</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583117066_K9fkb" title="It was starting to get dark when I arrived in Austin, Nevada, where I stayed in a motel. Total for the day: 143.0 miles, 13.5 mph. This long day put me back on my original schedule, making u ..."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2035/583117066_K9fkb-Th.jpg" width="150" height="105" alt="It was starting to get dark when I arrived in Austin, Nevada, where I stayed in a motel. Total for the day: 143.0 miles, 13.5 mph. This long day put me back on my original schedule, making u ..." title="It was starting to get dark when I arrived in Austin, Nevada, where I stayed in a motel. Total for the day: 143.0 miles, 13.5 mph. This long day put me back on my original schedule, making u ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583116433_D9bG3 <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />An abandoned house near Nevada 305.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583116433_D9bG3" title="An abandoned house near Nevada 305."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2033/583116433_D9bG3-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="An abandoned house near Nevada 305." title="An abandoned house near Nevada 305." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:25:45 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2033/583116433_D9bG3-Th.jpg 2009-06-26 20:33:52 28f922a5215c159ceaf43e874f32dd11 191447f194fc42f1db52f871a9224cab 66c5bcac5cd2d1a445d637a9ccac653b f2a047cd295b4725a29f728f9e86fc14 e2b581958fe35001ca7a3d7882e678ca acaf4b9111b9628882c691b4f6e0fb44 f3d4d2e8a17369598e22547c0cc30fdb 2a7f55abeabb2569f5627f1e6e2fb6f1 3ccbe613de26c45f4606c93088f05a20 An abandoned house near Nevada 305. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />An abandoned house near Nevada 305.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583116433_D9bG3" title="An abandoned house near Nevada 305."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2033/583116433_D9bG3-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="An abandoned house near Nevada 305." title="An abandoned house near Nevada 305." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583115308_4ooLj <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />While most of Nevada 205 was flat, it entered a gentle uphill canyon towards the end.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583115308_4ooLj" title="While most of Nevada 205 was flat, it entered a gentle uphill canyon towards the end."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2032/583115308_4ooLj-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="While most of Nevada 205 was flat, it entered a gentle uphill canyon towards the end." title="While most of Nevada 205 was flat, it entered a gentle uphill canyon towards the end." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:24:41 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2032/583115308_4ooLj-Th.jpg 2009-06-26 20:28:21 2707c67cf6d06f242602a596c21069a9 39d26b0e980f7a724307efa7a7d54b4a 960dfdf99295288ffec7119657eac88f 7a8853d70fee96b4f96de1d4d3ec01ab 81a4996c9dd876a99279c1bb7d2ff5b0 fc0a20f1c484c3c78622b29dac1cb060 88da4748750ab8496b580ee429df399f 79759a42a5575d9f099331b1bdfbb0ea 6287d4a2c72d0cf677d853be0a7aad98 While most of Nevada 205 was flat, it entered a gentle uphill canyon towards the end. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />While most of Nevada 205 was flat, it entered a gentle uphill canyon towards the end.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583115308_4ooLj" title="While most of Nevada 205 was flat, it entered a gentle uphill canyon towards the end."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2032/583115308_4ooLj-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="While most of Nevada 205 was flat, it entered a gentle uphill canyon towards the end." title="While most of Nevada 205 was flat, it entered a gentle uphill canyon towards the end." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583114304_Dv8sC <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />I'd planned to get water from Mill Creek or from some hot springs. But Mill Creek and all other streams that the road crossed were completely dry, and I couldn't find the springs. I was out ...</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583114304_Dv8sC" title="I'd planned to get water from Mill Creek or from some hot springs. But Mill Creek and all other streams that the road crossed were completely dry, and I couldn't find the springs. I was out ..."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2030/583114304_Dv8sC-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="I'd planned to get water from Mill Creek or from some hot springs. But Mill Creek and all other streams that the road crossed were completely dry, and I couldn't find the springs. I was out ..." title="I'd planned to get water from Mill Creek or from some hot springs. But Mill Creek and all other streams that the road crossed were completely dry, and I couldn't find the springs. I was out ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:23:42 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2030/583114304_Dv8sC-Th.jpg 2009-06-26 19:00:30 f6e6d28e3e0cbfe8c2c08b1330e25245 0bd780aca5d662b1c6a04d753bcb3822 77ed04aad174f3503dbec5dd012fbcd5 40a5adb369fdef404e189309eed13d1a 1da33f81d55b1105cdae735109ea84ef 4f51967272225dbb7ace27c25467bfde b4bac886f2403bcfd879cee36eeed534 6a8957fd7b9752f0fece7dd6bb49f349 896e3e014ab0370f98c6a2b47d4f0e4b I'd planned to get water from Mill Creek or from some hot springs. But Mill Creek and all other streams that the road crossed were completely dry, and I couldn't find the springs. I was out ... <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />I'd planned to get water from Mill Creek or from some hot springs. But Mill Creek and all other streams that the road crossed were completely dry, and I couldn't find the springs. I was out ...</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583114304_Dv8sC" title="I'd planned to get water from Mill Creek or from some hot springs. But Mill Creek and all other streams that the road crossed were completely dry, and I couldn't find the springs. I was out ..."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2030/583114304_Dv8sC-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="I'd planned to get water from Mill Creek or from some hot springs. But Mill Creek and all other streams that the road crossed were completely dry, and I couldn't find the springs. I was out ..." title="I'd planned to get water from Mill Creek or from some hot springs. But Mill Creek and all other streams that the road crossed were completely dry, and I couldn't find the springs. I was out ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583113289_F6xUa <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />From Battle Mountain I headed south on Nevada 305. I planned to camp at Mill Creek, making the total for the day about 80 miles, and get water from the creek. But the gravel road leading to ...</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583113289_F6xUa" title="From Battle Mountain I headed south on Nevada 305. I planned to camp at Mill Creek, making the total for the day about 80 miles, and get water from the creek. But the gravel road leading to ..."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2027/583113289_F6xUa-Th.jpg" width="150" height="111" alt="From Battle Mountain I headed south on Nevada 305. I planned to camp at Mill Creek, making the total for the day about 80 miles, and get water from the creek. But the gravel road leading to ..." title="From Battle Mountain I headed south on Nevada 305. I planned to camp at Mill Creek, making the total for the day about 80 miles, and get water from the creek. But the gravel road leading to ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:22:47 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2027/583113289_F6xUa-Th.jpg 2009-06-26 15:24:00 2e70d23356ace9a9df86f9788689febe ea45fd59fdd2e498948f34c0a45f3835 6f259487be00bbd211641ad1afe92485 32218cf6601812ca72b48473df82db91 ac1d213f4d1fb76edb7dd60730e3b224 0333e0b9c1545369e896cae6afaca181 d319e2a52ce68fc9aa73eda0780d8191 401dfc90996b42786cc36b6f9b594e16 6eda4d0181e230b1a0a818badcf4544e From Battle Mountain I headed south on Nevada 305. I planned to camp at Mill Creek, making the total for the day about 80 miles, and get water from the creek. But the gravel road leading to ... <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />From Battle Mountain I headed south on Nevada 305. I planned to camp at Mill Creek, making the total for the day about 80 miles, and get water from the creek. But the gravel road leading to ...</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583113289_F6xUa" title="From Battle Mountain I headed south on Nevada 305. I planned to camp at Mill Creek, making the total for the day about 80 miles, and get water from the creek. But the gravel road leading to ..."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2027/583113289_F6xUa-Th.jpg" width="150" height="111" alt="From Battle Mountain I headed south on Nevada 305. I planned to camp at Mill Creek, making the total for the day about 80 miles, and get water from the creek. But the gravel road leading to ..." title="From Battle Mountain I headed south on Nevada 305. I planned to camp at Mill Creek, making the total for the day about 80 miles, and get water from the creek. But the gravel road leading to ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583112386_yG6oP <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />I had lunch in Battle Mountain, where I had the only flat tire of the whole trip.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583112386_yG6oP" title="I had lunch in Battle Mountain, where I had the only flat tire of the whole trip."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2025/583112386_yG6oP-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="I had lunch in Battle Mountain, where I had the only flat tire of the whole trip." title="I had lunch in Battle Mountain, where I had the only flat tire of the whole trip." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:21:57 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2025/583112386_yG6oP-Th.jpg 2009-06-26 14:51:49 3956adfb0d31636bdfcab14995f2a5d4 024edcbc122dc9c8bb3eb409c4c8f159 0f03a42a492e868c5cad459657146630 7bb273f748f5db86a55832066b8757b1 6c77e0be78de1ac3972d4436d17a4097 6ac5d4e7930faf8e90922cc53169958c 0a596df3781264fc1c2e3d41f786b87e d9d2cb2e26145d26d1979156a08e9506 975b03a37e8914e441aa96b7a466100c I had lunch in Battle Mountain, where I had the only flat tire of the whole trip. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />I had lunch in Battle Mountain, where I had the only flat tire of the whole trip.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583112386_yG6oP" title="I had lunch in Battle Mountain, where I had the only flat tire of the whole trip."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2025/583112386_yG6oP-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="I had lunch in Battle Mountain, where I had the only flat tire of the whole trip." title="I had lunch in Battle Mountain, where I had the only flat tire of the whole trip." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583111099_SjSXY <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />The next day started with 53 miles on Interstate 80. At first it was fine, with a smooth wide shoulder, but then there were several miles where they were repaving the left lane. They blocked ...</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583111099_SjSXY" title="The next day started with 53 miles on Interstate 80. At first it was fine, with a smooth wide shoulder, but then there were several miles where they were repaving the left lane. They blocked ..."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2023/583111099_SjSXY-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="The next day started with 53 miles on Interstate 80. At first it was fine, with a smooth wide shoulder, but then there were several miles where they were repaving the left lane. They blocked ..." title="The next day started with 53 miles on Interstate 80. At first it was fine, with a smooth wide shoulder, but then there were several miles where they were repaving the left lane. They blocked ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:20:43 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2023/583111099_SjSXY-Th.jpg 2009-06-26 11:07:56 e1b5c0573080ac2e83be993fa0591e1f baacb1a55cc67d4bcdce2f1b96725bcb 854b0a48f87c6bf515a7b29d697b5d23 4c82f46c132cfbce18dff758dab6359a ff4939e1f0b8efc6bf8ba97c55223ad4 73c5fac41cbbe5b668db3fcbc0fea46f b27ecbf9b092afc39e1e873ebf86d275 fbf3e8e87e416e1490f9a8b2bff93dcb 6f3944086695428384f757426e9aafdd The next day started with 53 miles on Interstate 80. At first it was fine, with a smooth wide shoulder, but then there were several miles where they were repaving the left lane. They blocked ... <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />The next day started with 53 miles on Interstate 80. At first it was fine, with a smooth wide shoulder, but then there were several miles where they were repaving the left lane. They blocked ...</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583111099_SjSXY" title="The next day started with 53 miles on Interstate 80. At first it was fine, with a smooth wide shoulder, but then there were several miles where they were repaving the left lane. They blocked ..."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2023/583111099_SjSXY-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="The next day started with 53 miles on Interstate 80. At first it was fine, with a smooth wide shoulder, but then there were several miles where they were repaving the left lane. They blocked ..." title="The next day started with 53 miles on Interstate 80. At first it was fine, with a smooth wide shoulder, but then there were several miles where they were repaving the left lane. They blocked ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583110408_GZwKd <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />I stayed in a motel in Winnemucca, Nevada. Total for the day: 97.6 miles, 13.7 mph.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583110408_GZwKd" title="I stayed in a motel in Winnemucca, Nevada. Total for the day: 97.6 miles, 13.7 mph."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2021/583110408_GZwKd-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="I stayed in a motel in Winnemucca, Nevada. Total for the day: 97.6 miles, 13.7 mph." title="I stayed in a motel in Winnemucca, Nevada. Total for the day: 97.6 miles, 13.7 mph." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:20:00 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2021/583110408_GZwKd-Th.jpg 2009-06-25 20:51:51 1b6d4d20e986fb7e5c29e3418c2c0a99 dac776b26309d65f2211a6a91ba8966b 94617f4af0ffbc3d9496b3326345b7ac a0cadb95d48063a23c5b1b2dd90c67c1 e64fc8a6ae65c31cb022f24022bea4f7 c675cd145d6478fa8044d60b6f20ad18 42a55524f5e72d345a30b450907146a8 8ce37f3c6f44e849abcc77c988799a29 f5d361c5cace739d39c59a8a507fd291 I stayed in a motel in Winnemucca, Nevada. Total for the day: 97.6 miles, 13.7 mph. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />I stayed in a motel in Winnemucca, Nevada. Total for the day: 97.6 miles, 13.7 mph.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583110408_GZwKd" title="I stayed in a motel in Winnemucca, Nevada. Total for the day: 97.6 miles, 13.7 mph."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2021/583110408_GZwKd-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="I stayed in a motel in Winnemucca, Nevada. Total for the day: 97.6 miles, 13.7 mph." title="I stayed in a motel in Winnemucca, Nevada. Total for the day: 97.6 miles, 13.7 mph." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583109645_zojmG <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />Looking back at Nevada 140 from the intersection with US 95.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583109645_zojmG" title="Looking back at Nevada 140 from the intersection with US 95."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2019/583109645_zojmG-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Looking back at Nevada 140 from the intersection with US 95." title="Looking back at Nevada 140 from the intersection with US 95." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:19:12 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2019/583109645_zojmG-Th.jpg 2009-06-25 14:22:47 36dc276b1a20977eb5ad6c7824167ea0 b5ae7ccb9a257f91d89df61605ff7ba3 aa3ed31e5f8203d3308f6bb1b743a65a 3149fedc00634fe4cf91fb7362069a2c a6f159af66eaf4d1d4df1382da9a951a 217ad821df3a44fbb1269888916ec3b9 05eb7613228446cf6f1f66bb76b0b9c8 fdb80ebad37764e9bf23447882d859ae acf24172ffbf20b27d80ea394d033c1a Looking back at Nevada 140 from the intersection with US 95. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />Looking back at Nevada 140 from the intersection with US 95.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583109645_zojmG" title="Looking back at Nevada 140 from the intersection with US 95."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2019/583109645_zojmG-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Looking back at Nevada 140 from the intersection with US 95." title="Looking back at Nevada 140 from the intersection with US 95." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583108780_JoyjU <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />After a while,the countryside got so bleak, there weren't any ranches within sight.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583108780_JoyjU" title="After a while,the countryside got so bleak, there weren't any ranches within sight."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2013/583108780_JoyjU-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="After a while,the countryside got so bleak, there weren't any ranches within sight." title="After a while,the countryside got so bleak, there weren't any ranches within sight." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:18:22 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2013/583108780_JoyjU-Th.jpg 2009-06-25 11:50:49 0b2a0f9ad755f6ee475e8e573de1485c 6474e89d20903aa0a7329e032b9c3b97 855841df17484d2ed104bb739a144dec 1be53a1c4366058ffce6ee9f8396635b 1f97a00e641525a11ff66dbd5a293256 5cbfbe461d82f8c938d4ef0b2506d330 5a35f668e9c50d1fe44e8df02ca427fe dcead15e3edf3c5e11c36fcc8683584a 8fa141f2b91177b090395b365c1deb44 After a while,the countryside got so bleak, there weren't any ranches within sight. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />After a while,the countryside got so bleak, there weren't any ranches within sight.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583108780_JoyjU" title="After a while,the countryside got so bleak, there weren't any ranches within sight."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2013/583108780_JoyjU-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="After a while,the countryside got so bleak, there weren't any ranches within sight." title="After a while,the countryside got so bleak, there weren't any ranches within sight." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583107574_9eR8w <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />Every few miles, there would be a ranch off in the distance. It's hard for me to imagine living in a place where you have to drive 100 miles to go to something more than a very tiny convenie ...</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583107574_9eR8w" title="Every few miles, there would be a ranch off in the distance. It's hard for me to imagine living in a place where you have to drive 100 miles to go to something more than a very tiny convenie ..."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2009/583107574_9eR8w-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Every few miles, there would be a ranch off in the distance. It's hard for me to imagine living in a place where you have to drive 100 miles to go to something more than a very tiny convenie ..." title="Every few miles, there would be a ranch off in the distance. It's hard for me to imagine living in a place where you have to drive 100 miles to go to something more than a very tiny convenie ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:17:13 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2009/583107574_9eR8w-Th.jpg 2009-06-25 10:12:06 f8acd854b3808c5cfbdbd6aa3c0f2375 460e1b4120a5c915d48f542bd6eec32e 651fc848cf6b1923c9c32bbf7b52f9e5 2fe8ca5180a57ce5f2142d96c392b604 40d070e2cfc356e7ccf7d2e6ad26518a 24e476d4cf519298f40abbee78eb1502 70f8ac5ec3fd356459f7c61ef5c61b07 df829715c596b8d356da3d2bec9578c1 9f75186194432e2e42b88a9c87fd93cd Every few miles, there would be a ranch off in the distance. It's hard for me to imagine living in a place where you have to drive 100 miles to go to something more than a very tiny convenie ... <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />Every few miles, there would be a ranch off in the distance. It's hard for me to imagine living in a place where you have to drive 100 miles to go to something more than a very tiny convenie ...</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583107574_9eR8w" title="Every few miles, there would be a ranch off in the distance. It's hard for me to imagine living in a place where you have to drive 100 miles to go to something more than a very tiny convenie ..."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2009/583107574_9eR8w-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Every few miles, there would be a ranch off in the distance. It's hard for me to imagine living in a place where you have to drive 100 miles to go to something more than a very tiny convenie ..." title="Every few miles, there would be a ranch off in the distance. It's hard for me to imagine living in a place where you have to drive 100 miles to go to something more than a very tiny convenie ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583106382_tq2wG <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />This oasis is Howards Hot Spring. It would have been tempting to jump in, except that it was fenced off, it reeked of sulfur, and the morning was already too hot to make a hot spring invitin ...</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583106382_tq2wG" title="This oasis is Howards Hot Spring. It would have been tempting to jump in, except that it was fenced off, it reeked of sulfur, and the morning was already too hot to make a hot spring invitin ..."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2007/583106382_tq2wG-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="This oasis is Howards Hot Spring. It would have been tempting to jump in, except that it was fenced off, it reeked of sulfur, and the morning was already too hot to make a hot spring invitin ..." title="This oasis is Howards Hot Spring. It would have been tempting to jump in, except that it was fenced off, it reeked of sulfur, and the morning was already too hot to make a hot spring invitin ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:16:07 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2007/583106382_tq2wG-Th.jpg 2009-06-25 10:00:34 800782139e23fc3f64f82f2490201faa cb9dac5baa446d62ae50f661556e9d8b 91dfcf74ae2944dffded28d53258e3eb 0b8ea9427d2d2625fc261a326f278f34 20e07fa6eafc2ec49768a973beb3642d 00a1ea72271d9a06ac85a8a77acece68 a8d4dedd2773c6c195c65b2c8ba90700 726cffecde1a893f3d04b4617e7b4464 94222dee5ad975a43fcac1b39dbd0028 This oasis is Howards Hot Spring. It would have been tempting to jump in, except that it was fenced off, it reeked of sulfur, and the morning was already too hot to make a hot spring invitin ... <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />This oasis is Howards Hot Spring. It would have been tempting to jump in, except that it was fenced off, it reeked of sulfur, and the morning was already too hot to make a hot spring invitin ...</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583106382_tq2wG" title="This oasis is Howards Hot Spring. It would have been tempting to jump in, except that it was fenced off, it reeked of sulfur, and the morning was already too hot to make a hot spring invitin ..."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2007/583106382_tq2wG-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="This oasis is Howards Hot Spring. It would have been tempting to jump in, except that it was fenced off, it reeked of sulfur, and the morning was already too hot to make a hot spring invitin ..." title="This oasis is Howards Hot Spring. It would have been tempting to jump in, except that it was fenced off, it reeked of sulfur, and the morning was already too hot to make a hot spring invitin ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583105539_mHeaH <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />The road was mostly flat.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583105539_mHeaH" title="The road was mostly flat."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2004/583105539_mHeaH-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="The road was mostly flat." title="The road was mostly flat." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:15:20 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2004/583105539_mHeaH-Th.jpg 2009-06-25 09:35:33 4e59def87967cc40241d7efcaddbebd5 089d2e333b5888b4ba9de884ae17e94b b9be1d10e1559c56b212d270f8965604 44f1a866c54869d3947d235d581564dd 45921bcabfc2519db9d338079713b318 36ae5060519f4f9ee9e50fcd13522fe3 b5910ac7bf0d99cf0819fbc1cf737d95 7d9eb614f4fecfdd831950627e94a32f 963317d11de35006a1ecc3c61c427037 The road was mostly flat. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />The road was mostly flat.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583105539_mHeaH" title="The road was mostly flat."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG2004/583105539_mHeaH-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="The road was mostly flat." title="The road was mostly flat." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583104547_x5Mft <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />I got an early start (on the bike at 5:30) for the long desolate stretch on Nevada 140.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583104547_x5Mft" title="I got an early start (on the bike at 5:30) for the long desolate stretch on Nevada 140."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1997/583104547_x5Mft-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="I got an early start (on the bike at 5:30) for the long desolate stretch on Nevada 140." title="I got an early start (on the bike at 5:30) for the long desolate stretch on Nevada 140." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:14:22 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1997/583104547_x5Mft-Th.jpg 2009-06-25 08:43:47 0d100aec113fbe8b176745e0835b54dc 3074067d245f84e03f31362fbe8b6611 700c91e02d061a16d134905209c2d41b 6c24a09604c1c5836f529063d3b73728 fa32115114242a30548f16f02b2094cc f34b1907c7066b1493ec910ef38dfae4 524fa7fadca60a25332ef5755e533e81 4ad89c44e976cebc7c073322a18517c6 a7c4610d33addc52128943dd077bd040 I got an early start (on the bike at 5:30) for the long desolate stretch on Nevada 140. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />I got an early start (on the bike at 5:30) for the long desolate stretch on Nevada 140.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583104547_x5Mft" title="I got an early start (on the bike at 5:30) for the long desolate stretch on Nevada 140."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1997/583104547_x5Mft-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="I got an early start (on the bike at 5:30) for the long desolate stretch on Nevada 140." title="I got an early start (on the bike at 5:30) for the long desolate stretch on Nevada 140." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583103621_r2u7T <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />At some point the road changed from Oregon 205 to Harney County 202, and they didn't bother painting lines on it. I picked up a strong headwind for the last 25 miles, from Fields, Oregon to ...</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583103621_r2u7T" title="At some point the road changed from Oregon 205 to Harney County 202, and they didn't bother painting lines on it. I picked up a strong headwind for the last 25 miles, from Fields, Oregon to ..."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1989/583103621_r2u7T-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="At some point the road changed from Oregon 205 to Harney County 202, and they didn't bother painting lines on it. I picked up a strong headwind for the last 25 miles, from Fields, Oregon to ..." title="At some point the road changed from Oregon 205 to Harney County 202, and they didn't bother painting lines on it. I picked up a strong headwind for the last 25 miles, from Fields, Oregon to ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:13:31 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1989/583103621_r2u7T-Th.jpg 2009-06-24 14:33:06 de5b08d460773cb68597eba504f69401 fd2463a286f4a291e483076a15c929d4 8869714ce410974e14893e2ac97d3fd6 1bc3c16251cec916cc0d3fc5a1eb2a41 de4c95560ed8f2b72090c83d8b77500e 99082a2a92679884bd787c3b79b47e56 c72a2719ff776b9d40b4a5f40b5659d4 d9559b80cb652a835bf83e588f23a9dc 901c29250c6635453977341aa80bd504 At some point the road changed from Oregon 205 to Harney County 202, and they didn't bother painting lines on it. I picked up a strong headwind for the last 25 miles, from Fields, Oregon to ... <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />At some point the road changed from Oregon 205 to Harney County 202, and they didn't bother painting lines on it. I picked up a strong headwind for the last 25 miles, from Fields, Oregon to ...</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583103621_r2u7T" title="At some point the road changed from Oregon 205 to Harney County 202, and they didn't bother painting lines on it. I picked up a strong headwind for the last 25 miles, from Fields, Oregon to ..."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1989/583103621_r2u7T-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="At some point the road changed from Oregon 205 to Harney County 202, and they didn't bother painting lines on it. I picked up a strong headwind for the last 25 miles, from Fields, Oregon to ..." title="At some point the road changed from Oregon 205 to Harney County 202, and they didn't bother painting lines on it. I picked up a strong headwind for the last 25 miles, from Fields, Oregon to ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583102758_GL7gW <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />Heading south from French Glen the next morning, I took this picture using the timer on the camera. It was 55 miles from French Glen to the next town, Fields, where I had lunch. It was a gre ...</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583102758_GL7gW" title="Heading south from French Glen the next morning, I took this picture using the timer on the camera. It was 55 miles from French Glen to the next town, Fields, where I had lunch. It was a gre ..."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1982/583102758_GL7gW-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Heading south from French Glen the next morning, I took this picture using the timer on the camera. It was 55 miles from French Glen to the next town, Fields, where I had lunch. It was a gre ..." title="Heading south from French Glen the next morning, I took this picture using the timer on the camera. It was 55 miles from French Glen to the next town, Fields, where I had lunch. It was a gre ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:12:45 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1982/583102758_GL7gW-Th.jpg 2009-06-24 10:05:40 f89464d71dbe1a7b27bd9bd43c4893a0 a116d15bb259e30098b664ff660fc81b 410228604ac2ad7b97c6ca67c168e234 8600f69dae15c4f2289a1928240f6025 805d2e28654ad10bf429cb7bc44080f2 7985b292cbe9e28d5ce84b5f33746597 b421d46cab98dce26de9fc8f81c61d63 b827f1bbb53d038a934f29d4cc3cd6c6 24f15630a877136dc21fc68e1965fd99 Heading south from French Glen the next morning, I took this picture using the timer on the camera. It was 55 miles from French Glen to the next town, Fields, where I had lunch. It was a gre ... <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />Heading south from French Glen the next morning, I took this picture using the timer on the camera. It was 55 miles from French Glen to the next town, Fields, where I had lunch. It was a gre ...</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583102758_GL7gW" title="Heading south from French Glen the next morning, I took this picture using the timer on the camera. It was 55 miles from French Glen to the next town, Fields, where I had lunch. It was a gre ..."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1982/583102758_GL7gW-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Heading south from French Glen the next morning, I took this picture using the timer on the camera. It was 55 miles from French Glen to the next town, Fields, where I had lunch. It was a gre ..." title="Heading south from French Glen the next morning, I took this picture using the timer on the camera. It was 55 miles from French Glen to the next town, Fields, where I had lunch. It was a gre ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583101634_Sb8cc <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />I camped in Page Springs Campground, near the tiny town of French Glen. There were a lot of mosquitoes, and I couldn't find the springs, but otherwise it was a good place to camp. Total for ...</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583101634_Sb8cc" title="I camped in Page Springs Campground, near the tiny town of French Glen. There were a lot of mosquitoes, and I couldn't find the springs, but otherwise it was a good place to camp. Total for ..."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1976/583101634_Sb8cc-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="I camped in Page Springs Campground, near the tiny town of French Glen. There were a lot of mosquitoes, and I couldn't find the springs, but otherwise it was a good place to camp. Total for ..." title="I camped in Page Springs Campground, near the tiny town of French Glen. There were a lot of mosquitoes, and I couldn't find the springs, but otherwise it was a good place to camp. Total for ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:11:43 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1976/583101634_Sb8cc-Th.jpg 2009-06-24 09:54:56 d25b34580b0a7a5e199d9bf4c4f03925 b80717e8ecaba766cb4c375884e8ab48 344cec107fde178a464051f5509f1718 c80426b7f23c155cdaa6e71e4ecbfaf8 ccbdb28f0323abefb3b04b759cfac127 df37b70c154f4b4932fb3505f6419b4a 7e4c3b65450b92d5a6d812ea6a9e586b 32e62022f698804cd5f63c613d464470 fbc8bb9b1842c36147c40974adb2834b I camped in Page Springs Campground, near the tiny town of French Glen. There were a lot of mosquitoes, and I couldn't find the springs, but otherwise it was a good place to camp. Total for ... <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />I camped in Page Springs Campground, near the tiny town of French Glen. There were a lot of mosquitoes, and I couldn't find the springs, but otherwise it was a good place to camp. Total for ...</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583101634_Sb8cc" title="I camped in Page Springs Campground, near the tiny town of French Glen. There were a lot of mosquitoes, and I couldn't find the springs, but otherwise it was a good place to camp. Total for ..."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1976/583101634_Sb8cc-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="I camped in Page Springs Campground, near the tiny town of French Glen. There were a lot of mosquitoes, and I couldn't find the springs, but otherwise it was a good place to camp. Total for ..." title="I camped in Page Springs Campground, near the tiny town of French Glen. There were a lot of mosquitoes, and I couldn't find the springs, but otherwise it was a good place to camp. Total for ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583100572_Xnu63 <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />Looking across the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583100572_Xnu63" title="Looking across the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1974/583100572_Xnu63-Th.jpg" width="150" height="110" alt="Looking across the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge." title="Looking across the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:10:44 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1974/583100572_Xnu63-Th.jpg 2009-06-23 14:41:24 f83b69a6817cbca060dba9ca52291af1 f8e249579c553a5aca1794acc84e5cf0 35b7b0f8c5e94298d019943273aa84cd ad91549ed0ef0441070bfc011c3c5d90 cb59586c921294df8e66f8c0c593c1e4 4333e0cd8b28e69d8ef92d7aafe7353f db2e6344546b3776b3db33f47df6f53c 51b3d32bd83e9c1e85306a5c43eaa441 d6792508264ddfd0cc6a47510a22ee97 Looking across the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />Looking across the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583100572_Xnu63" title="Looking across the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1974/583100572_Xnu63-Th.jpg" width="150" height="110" alt="Looking across the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge." title="Looking across the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583099373_4opXA <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />There was one little uphill climb, the rest was very flat. However, the flat road was usually near basalt rims, so there was almost always something interesting to look at.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583099373_4opXA" title="There was one little uphill climb, the rest was very flat. However, the flat road was usually near basalt rims, so there was almost always something interesting to look at."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1972/583099373_4opXA-Th.jpg" width="150" height="108" alt="There was one little uphill climb, the rest was very flat. However, the flat road was usually near basalt rims, so there was almost always something interesting to look at." title="There was one little uphill climb, the rest was very flat. However, the flat road was usually near basalt rims, so there was almost always something interesting to look at." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:09:40 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1972/583099373_4opXA-Th.jpg 2009-06-23 13:20:29 9c5a58cb5b248c616835bdfd2117c545 9b7d8f46322730e309ec170bbc4ad665 6b6c46c430509412ee98c76d5989e940 8094395858a6ffceb25ddaabfd89ff9a df9516a458ae9061b1cc7e06bff66166 8aeed1f362a3935322aacfb0fe3ebe35 104ee656a698d12259efb04dd45052c2 2fc1b41b5b7d07b6987ee902fa47ac11 ca2bcf741c1ef7f6b3e36ee4d0a43ce4 There was one little uphill climb, the rest was very flat. However, the flat road was usually near basalt rims, so there was almost always something interesting to look at. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />There was one little uphill climb, the rest was very flat. However, the flat road was usually near basalt rims, so there was almost always something interesting to look at.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583099373_4opXA" title="There was one little uphill climb, the rest was very flat. However, the flat road was usually near basalt rims, so there was almost always something interesting to look at."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1972/583099373_4opXA-Th.jpg" width="150" height="108" alt="There was one little uphill climb, the rest was very flat. However, the flat road was usually near basalt rims, so there was almost always something interesting to look at." title="There was one little uphill climb, the rest was very flat. However, the flat road was usually near basalt rims, so there was almost always something interesting to look at." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583098077_YnYjZ <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />This is looking back towards Burns, the last town with a real grocery store for a couple hundred miles.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583098077_YnYjZ" title="This is looking back towards Burns, the last town with a real grocery store for a couple hundred miles."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1968/583098077_YnYjZ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="This is looking back towards Burns, the last town with a real grocery store for a couple hundred miles." title="This is looking back towards Burns, the last town with a real grocery store for a couple hundred miles." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:08:33 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1968/583098077_YnYjZ-Th.jpg 2009-06-23 12:54:07 e53e9d5d32bee5132301eb2ad54a9de4 dc36de5a14e49056c294f3978acd94ca cb6e5fd01704507d1156a80671522c0f 947bd6c6fb02f0d32739696191085362 96679659b4c5028bc6657738e81b8979 201206ae8667d00bb610632e169e9724 76837a11467ee0b9e309ca38cc25e15c 2c56abc3697049cfda969a089e657c6e d35738baf82f948e536bd168056e357e This is looking back towards Burns, the last town with a real grocery store for a couple hundred miles. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />This is looking back towards Burns, the last town with a real grocery store for a couple hundred miles.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583098077_YnYjZ" title="This is looking back towards Burns, the last town with a real grocery store for a couple hundred miles."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1968/583098077_YnYjZ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="This is looking back towards Burns, the last town with a real grocery store for a couple hundred miles." title="This is looking back towards Burns, the last town with a real grocery store for a couple hundred miles." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583097018_8aiWE <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />Here's a yellow-headed blackbird.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583097018_8aiWE" title="Here's a yellow-headed blackbird."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1967/583097018_8aiWE-Th.jpg" width="150" height="109" alt="Here's a yellow-headed blackbird." title="Here's a yellow-headed blackbird." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:07:39 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1967/583097018_8aiWE-Th.jpg 2009-06-23 12:31:09 7ffbea9f5d2a7abfcbf81ec5c8bc1d08 d7f00d8689e82a665471de6684b3d1b9 d55b743a72fd0d96b0ccb35346665974 d32700c42480b4e166fe4ebf5b8bd3c6 Here's a yellow-headed blackbird. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />Here's a yellow-headed blackbird.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583097018_8aiWE" title="Here's a yellow-headed blackbird."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1967/583097018_8aiWE-Th.jpg" width="150" height="109" alt="Here's a yellow-headed blackbird." title="Here's a yellow-headed blackbird." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583097015_KmR95 <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />From Burns I headed south on Oregon 205. This is one of the most deserted highways in the country; I've been looking forward to riding it for a long time. I saw lots of different birds; I th ...</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583097015_KmR95" title="From Burns I headed south on Oregon 205. This is one of the most deserted highways in the country; I've been looking forward to riding it for a long time. I saw lots of different birds; I th ..."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1965/583097015_KmR95-Th.jpg" width="150" height="108" alt="From Burns I headed south on Oregon 205. This is one of the most deserted highways in the country; I've been looking forward to riding it for a long time. I saw lots of different birds; I th ..." title="From Burns I headed south on Oregon 205. This is one of the most deserted highways in the country; I've been looking forward to riding it for a long time. I saw lots of different birds; I th ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:07:39 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1965/583097015_KmR95-Th.jpg 2009-06-23 12:30:19 6435287a18fbca658225ebeef22f106d 022be24ad35ca39ee825604e8ab3922c 17dcf6eddf565371df58d96040ec9324 a7dea5d51c7e261adbf03a98e8f7433a 3b0f6fd9693da0fd67e59d091183f0e9 78c5b1a6cfdbda2f093fe5bfb83eb19d d0f2c85e75bc5e486bdb962bc872b630 From Burns I headed south on Oregon 205. This is one of the most deserted highways in the country; I've been looking forward to riding it for a long time. I saw lots of different birds; I th ... <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />From Burns I headed south on Oregon 205. This is one of the most deserted highways in the country; I've been looking forward to riding it for a long time. I saw lots of different birds; I th ...</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583097015_KmR95" title="From Burns I headed south on Oregon 205. This is one of the most deserted highways in the country; I've been looking forward to riding it for a long time. I saw lots of different birds; I th ..."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1965/583097015_KmR95-Th.jpg" width="150" height="108" alt="From Burns I headed south on Oregon 205. This is one of the most deserted highways in the country; I've been looking forward to riding it for a long time. I saw lots of different birds; I th ..." title="From Burns I headed south on Oregon 205. This is one of the most deserted highways in the country; I've been looking forward to riding it for a long time. I saw lots of different birds; I th ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583096874_FpUWM <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />There was a long gentle downhill through Devine Canyon to Burns. My achilles tendon was hurting pretty badly, so I stopped at a motel in Burns even though it was only 11 a.m. I got some aspi ...</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583096874_FpUWM" title="There was a long gentle downhill through Devine Canyon to Burns. My achilles tendon was hurting pretty badly, so I stopped at a motel in Burns even though it was only 11 a.m. I got some aspi ..."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1964/583096874_FpUWM-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="There was a long gentle downhill through Devine Canyon to Burns. My achilles tendon was hurting pretty badly, so I stopped at a motel in Burns even though it was only 11 a.m. I got some aspi ..." title="There was a long gentle downhill through Devine Canyon to Burns. My achilles tendon was hurting pretty badly, so I stopped at a motel in Burns even though it was only 11 a.m. I got some aspi ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:07:33 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1964/583096874_FpUWM-Th.jpg 2009-06-22 13:15:32 fd8bd065d08888312e9da7a61d21c81d b10123a45d550cb01df516c57f1c6a0d ac4822af2ef23a57c3a9f05061962f32 25892a6ceefb5fd0c4aea1a4a39e7fac ef25698e1b52d1bd1954effae50a0036 50396fe7cfbf30295e735258d1d48b0e 5cd324c9113f3fe29b103b4e2d1f2b80 e9645dade930024a5ad1cd57e8716151 0559fcc0e3d44bd27e999f3acfa88e35 There was a long gentle downhill through Devine Canyon to Burns. My achilles tendon was hurting pretty badly, so I stopped at a motel in Burns even though it was only 11 a.m. I got some aspi ... <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />There was a long gentle downhill through Devine Canyon to Burns. My achilles tendon was hurting pretty badly, so I stopped at a motel in Burns even though it was only 11 a.m. I got some aspi ...</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583096874_FpUWM" title="There was a long gentle downhill through Devine Canyon to Burns. My achilles tendon was hurting pretty badly, so I stopped at a motel in Burns even though it was only 11 a.m. I got some aspi ..."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1964/583096874_FpUWM-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="There was a long gentle downhill through Devine Canyon to Burns. My achilles tendon was hurting pretty badly, so I stopped at a motel in Burns even though it was only 11 a.m. I got some aspi ..." title="There was a long gentle downhill through Devine Canyon to Burns. My achilles tendon was hurting pretty badly, so I stopped at a motel in Burns even though it was only 11 a.m. I got some aspi ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583095231_y6iR3 <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />Because stopping in Seneca was earlier than I'd planned, I hoped to put in a long day and get back on schedule. The ride south from Seneca to Burns on US 395 was mostly flat or downhill, wit ...</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583095231_y6iR3" title="Because stopping in Seneca was earlier than I'd planned, I hoped to put in a long day and get back on schedule. The ride south from Seneca to Burns on US 395 was mostly flat or downhill, wit ..."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1961/583095231_y6iR3-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Because stopping in Seneca was earlier than I'd planned, I hoped to put in a long day and get back on schedule. The ride south from Seneca to Burns on US 395 was mostly flat or downhill, wit ..." title="Because stopping in Seneca was earlier than I'd planned, I hoped to put in a long day and get back on schedule. The ride south from Seneca to Burns on US 395 was mostly flat or downhill, wit ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:06:12 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1961/583095231_y6iR3-Th.jpg 2009-06-22 11:15:30 718f0cfb3633cd5f1f4158d35bbb0ec9 4d8bc52722b2c499367064dfc8bf8c43 2c7031b43767192839b7953b7b8a2d49 8b25d3ad1dc5c1d1b14e70de679dc779 275cb932fa44abe78b7d53f17f1c1daf 22b72556ce0b8975b02972290a937cc8 6082d7468c7e7f5748b3c788f8632ba2 c8b558ba2f598f0b9c1f9b69a3b3ebf6 90a7580596c8c7349ff15efc6e6e46b3 Because stopping in Seneca was earlier than I'd planned, I hoped to put in a long day and get back on schedule. The ride south from Seneca to Burns on US 395 was mostly flat or downhill, wit ... <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />Because stopping in Seneca was earlier than I'd planned, I hoped to put in a long day and get back on schedule. The ride south from Seneca to Burns on US 395 was mostly flat or downhill, wit ...</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583095231_y6iR3" title="Because stopping in Seneca was earlier than I'd planned, I hoped to put in a long day and get back on schedule. The ride south from Seneca to Burns on US 395 was mostly flat or downhill, wit ..."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1961/583095231_y6iR3-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Because stopping in Seneca was earlier than I'd planned, I hoped to put in a long day and get back on schedule. The ride south from Seneca to Burns on US 395 was mostly flat or downhill, wit ..." title="Because stopping in Seneca was earlier than I'd planned, I hoped to put in a long day and get back on schedule. The ride south from Seneca to Burns on US 395 was mostly flat or downhill, wit ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583094203_hyFVs <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />It rained off and on through the night, ending at about 8 a.m. At slightly higher elevations, it was snow. The day was cold, probably upper 30s to low 40s, and my left achilles tendon was hu ...</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583094203_hyFVs" title="It rained off and on through the night, ending at about 8 a.m. At slightly higher elevations, it was snow. The day was cold, probably upper 30s to low 40s, and my left achilles tendon was hu ..."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1959/583094203_hyFVs-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="It rained off and on through the night, ending at about 8 a.m. At slightly higher elevations, it was snow. The day was cold, probably upper 30s to low 40s, and my left achilles tendon was hu ..." title="It rained off and on through the night, ending at about 8 a.m. At slightly higher elevations, it was snow. The day was cold, probably upper 30s to low 40s, and my left achilles tendon was hu ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:05:17 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1959/583094203_hyFVs-Th.jpg 2009-06-21 15:03:28 7ba95d6b0d559d30f75f88d58bd86532 c274284daa2ce6f26fcb98d4852dda31 7ecbebbc21c86315f3507057955699c8 ebe82f60b39e0935fd221f351dc26735 0df8c3d5cfa7451d0868ba0d67cf9729 093457ab862b70126d3bd999f0959802 8ad5578d998646ec83644e45ac119737 7f1190d2157daba03502bb61ebfd10d6 58cbc6b7589d92f04b10f82b3969ce6f It rained off and on through the night, ending at about 8 a.m. At slightly higher elevations, it was snow. The day was cold, probably upper 30s to low 40s, and my left achilles tendon was hu ... <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />It rained off and on through the night, ending at about 8 a.m. At slightly higher elevations, it was snow. The day was cold, probably upper 30s to low 40s, and my left achilles tendon was hu ...</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583094203_hyFVs" title="It rained off and on through the night, ending at about 8 a.m. At slightly higher elevations, it was snow. The day was cold, probably upper 30s to low 40s, and my left achilles tendon was hu ..."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1959/583094203_hyFVs-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="It rained off and on through the night, ending at about 8 a.m. At slightly higher elevations, it was snow. The day was cold, probably upper 30s to low 40s, and my left achilles tendon was hu ..." title="It rained off and on through the night, ending at about 8 a.m. At slightly higher elevations, it was snow. The day was cold, probably upper 30s to low 40s, and my left achilles tendon was hu ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583092274_QL8hp <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />The weather had been fine most of the day, but it started to rain, heavily at times, at about 4:30. I had planned to go to a campground, but I gave up and camped near a stream (Anderson Cree ...</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583092274_QL8hp" title="The weather had been fine most of the day, but it started to rain, heavily at times, at about 4:30. I had planned to go to a campground, but I gave up and camped near a stream (Anderson Cree ..."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1956/583092274_QL8hp-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="The weather had been fine most of the day, but it started to rain, heavily at times, at about 4:30. I had planned to go to a campground, but I gave up and camped near a stream (Anderson Cree ..." title="The weather had been fine most of the day, but it started to rain, heavily at times, at about 4:30. I had planned to go to a campground, but I gave up and camped near a stream (Anderson Cree ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:03:34 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1956/583092274_QL8hp-Th.jpg 2009-06-20 21:39:00 4e70968d14439ce0cbb6771a1cb781ff 933265936fe18f4f1b6ff3aca945b130 02de6489fb7e863953c185eee05b9d65 3c2439101b586e26b26746f610f49edb c4a8710684251bd326f45e84a045632e bcf1cbed97ea811acf1b806b261b830b 799985018496526f6797fb239843de66 7b7277dd3bbf2fd6a9554f9586763af8 1a7b4d028a997930dd9bf4809d0434c0 The weather had been fine most of the day, but it started to rain, heavily at times, at about 4:30. I had planned to go to a campground, but I gave up and camped near a stream (Anderson Cree ... <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />The weather had been fine most of the day, but it started to rain, heavily at times, at about 4:30. I had planned to go to a campground, but I gave up and camped near a stream (Anderson Cree ...</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583092274_QL8hp" title="The weather had been fine most of the day, but it started to rain, heavily at times, at about 4:30. I had planned to go to a campground, but I gave up and camped near a stream (Anderson Cree ..."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1956/583092274_QL8hp-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="The weather had been fine most of the day, but it started to rain, heavily at times, at about 4:30. I had planned to go to a campground, but I gave up and camped near a stream (Anderson Cree ..." title="The weather had been fine most of the day, but it started to rain, heavily at times, at about 4:30. I had planned to go to a campground, but I gave up and camped near a stream (Anderson Cree ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583091141_EgSQh <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />After lunch in Unity, Oregon, I went south on US route 26 and then west on Forest Service road 16. This road was amazing; I saw only 3 cars in 3 hours of riding.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583091141_EgSQh" title="After lunch in Unity, Oregon, I went south on US route 26 and then west on Forest Service road 16. This road was amazing; I saw only 3 cars in 3 hours of riding."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1951/583091141_EgSQh-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="After lunch in Unity, Oregon, I went south on US route 26 and then west on Forest Service road 16. This road was amazing; I saw only 3 cars in 3 hours of riding." title="After lunch in Unity, Oregon, I went south on US route 26 and then west on Forest Service road 16. This road was amazing; I saw only 3 cars in 3 hours of riding." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:02:35 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1951/583091141_EgSQh-Th.jpg 2009-06-20 18:45:46 101cc77e68e9e208ebb89ea117fef173 3e160551c1f3ef12c5397a8d8c5a2051 06c94ebf1b246c60710b2a53b4f157c8 3e063bc97d6ea09225ee16b8badc2f25 71cd5e20a1ba9150fa31989aee85c28a a3fcc68df840e6336b0f6d98051c7c46 c531dad47fcf43997e672c60638671b7 9a1a733326d4c6ebee6c671095929cd4 a68567fbea0158bc40fd9bc9923265f1 After lunch in Unity, Oregon, I went south on US route 26 and then west on Forest Service road 16. This road was amazing; I saw only 3 cars in 3 hours of riding. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />After lunch in Unity, Oregon, I went south on US route 26 and then west on Forest Service road 16. This road was amazing; I saw only 3 cars in 3 hours of riding.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583091141_EgSQh" title="After lunch in Unity, Oregon, I went south on US route 26 and then west on Forest Service road 16. This road was amazing; I saw only 3 cars in 3 hours of riding."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1951/583091141_EgSQh-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="After lunch in Unity, Oregon, I went south on US route 26 and then west on Forest Service road 16. This road was amazing; I saw only 3 cars in 3 hours of riding." title="After lunch in Unity, Oregon, I went south on US route 26 and then west on Forest Service road 16. This road was amazing; I saw only 3 cars in 3 hours of riding." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583089868_DS6aK <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />Descending on the other side on Oregon route 245.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583089868_DS6aK" title="Descending on the other side on Oregon route 245."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1950/583089868_DS6aK-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Descending on the other side on Oregon route 245." title="Descending on the other side on Oregon route 245." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:01:25 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1950/583089868_DS6aK-Th.jpg 2009-06-20 18:30:50 e2b5b5eaecf352072ec85043b821b491 8de5a75265042308863d8653e0074ff4 4d48ca588f6bf25cb2182fcbc65752bb 9cc220c538e4b119eb2e09f29d0bbe10 b162209f2bd38de740e7cd52970fc3f9 4b0a1fe57094ff287cdeca77e062b206 11f73eff2d15f5dde35aa05ce2a57414 d37a49b4719921cca20cbfc3418ae394 329028b7dd155a0e8b0ec7fad843b593 Descending on the other side on Oregon route 245. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />Descending on the other side on Oregon route 245.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583089868_DS6aK" title="Descending on the other side on Oregon route 245."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1950/583089868_DS6aK-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Descending on the other side on Oregon route 245." title="Descending on the other side on Oregon route 245." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583089015_9W7QM <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />From Baker City I went south on Oregon route 7 and then Oregon route 245, up a fairly steep 2000-foot climb.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583089015_9W7QM" title="From Baker City I went south on Oregon route 7 and then Oregon route 245, up a fairly steep 2000-foot climb."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1945/583089015_9W7QM-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="From Baker City I went south on Oregon route 7 and then Oregon route 245, up a fairly steep 2000-foot climb." title="From Baker City I went south on Oregon route 7 and then Oregon route 245, up a fairly steep 2000-foot climb." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:00:38 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1945/583089015_9W7QM-Th.jpg 2009-06-20 13:35:43 c1dbb89b2638bb14ff9fb3a65cf5df0d ba972c828f670ec3957e5a172b1bf538 fbae8c734be4af94d8e76aafd0ffb60e 010496bd37eae1da53e22f5c70000ae0 7698a851191ac52f9b92b75d22cbb051 e10686bc95d850863b014b732fd29bde 973e917b5f83b29c15d2754006fe68a7 ca6ae31481eab8fda1f3ad9f2f3719c5 f38bb28ce2c73a8a18d599b8cfe2b4ff From Baker City I went south on Oregon route 7 and then Oregon route 245, up a fairly steep 2000-foot climb. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />From Baker City I went south on Oregon route 7 and then Oregon route 245, up a fairly steep 2000-foot climb.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583089015_9W7QM" title="From Baker City I went south on Oregon route 7 and then Oregon route 245, up a fairly steep 2000-foot climb."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1945/583089015_9W7QM-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="From Baker City I went south on Oregon route 7 and then Oregon route 245, up a fairly steep 2000-foot climb." title="From Baker City I went south on Oregon route 7 and then Oregon route 245, up a fairly steep 2000-foot climb." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583087988_XktQ9 <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />I could see rain in the distance as I approached Baker City, but I didn't get wet. I stayed in a motel. In the laundromat across the street from the motel, I ran into two cross-country bicyc ...</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583087988_XktQ9" title="I could see rain in the distance as I approached Baker City, but I didn't get wet. I stayed in a motel. In the laundromat across the street from the motel, I ran into two cross-country bicyc ..."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1941/583087988_XktQ9-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="I could see rain in the distance as I approached Baker City, but I didn't get wet. I stayed in a motel. In the laundromat across the street from the motel, I ran into two cross-country bicyc ..." title="I could see rain in the distance as I approached Baker City, but I didn't get wet. I stayed in a motel. In the laundromat across the street from the motel, I ran into two cross-country bicyc ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:59:44 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1941/583087988_XktQ9-Th.jpg 2009-06-19 20:05:54 648e4867c50848a7f1cff83146a9be02 f0d549dc1765adc8b0fac3be36edfa4b ee26c3f130abbfb05a774163b153589d 746f8a91ffbe65349ab91ab53314c017 7d26fe30b0e146acb4d0d3330bd1dafc 8cb27eba1064397ac7bd1bba4fe18f78 dcf54623af2d7e6ed6995d879e6b0551 51426a7f4820087e06dc581da078c5a8 d4420c82199f9808a91c5b932fdc1faf I could see rain in the distance as I approached Baker City, but I didn't get wet. I stayed in a motel. In the laundromat across the street from the motel, I ran into two cross-country bicyc ... <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />I could see rain in the distance as I approached Baker City, but I didn't get wet. I stayed in a motel. In the laundromat across the street from the motel, I ran into two cross-country bicyc ...</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583087988_XktQ9" title="I could see rain in the distance as I approached Baker City, but I didn't get wet. I stayed in a motel. In the laundromat across the street from the motel, I ran into two cross-country bicyc ..."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1941/583087988_XktQ9-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="I could see rain in the distance as I approached Baker City, but I didn't get wet. I stayed in a motel. In the laundromat across the street from the motel, I ran into two cross-country bicyc ..." title="I could see rain in the distance as I approached Baker City, but I didn't get wet. I stayed in a motel. In the laundromat across the street from the motel, I ran into two cross-country bicyc ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583087205_oSbFy <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />Near Baker City, the highway crosses the Oregon Trail; these are wagon ruts.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583087205_oSbFy" title="Near Baker City, the highway crosses the Oregon Trail; these are wagon ruts."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1937/583087205_oSbFy-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Near Baker City, the highway crosses the Oregon Trail; these are wagon ruts." title="Near Baker City, the highway crosses the Oregon Trail; these are wagon ruts." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:59:04 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1937/583087205_oSbFy-Th.jpg 2009-06-19 19:57:57 f41aa96ebf5f400a10f989611bee10d8 ea16b5581a9b6876a189321dc7e426f7 d266f36819cd835d3fc147ea8495688f d0841d17396a37cc9ced6e9400ffad3d 2379f0e6b6c42da7d378180a5fbc2ace ea56a77fa114093b109101f244c81a1a 1366f6eb0dfcdc92e44f1a1cc1af5a5e 446ef44d46fb65c028bd9bb6d61a3d04 7d833e8cd97a7b8395ad4b9fd30e0f92 Near Baker City, the highway crosses the Oregon Trail; these are wagon ruts. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />Near Baker City, the highway crosses the Oregon Trail; these are wagon ruts.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583087205_oSbFy" title="Near Baker City, the highway crosses the Oregon Trail; these are wagon ruts."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1937/583087205_oSbFy-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Near Baker City, the highway crosses the Oregon Trail; these are wagon ruts." title="Near Baker City, the highway crosses the Oregon Trail; these are wagon ruts." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583086622_A6URy <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />The road had very little traffic, and the weather got better in the afternoon. This is a long, very gently uphill section following the Powder River.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583086622_A6URy" title="The road had very little traffic, and the weather got better in the afternoon. This is a long, very gently uphill section following the Powder River."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1933/583086622_A6URy-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="The road had very little traffic, and the weather got better in the afternoon. This is a long, very gently uphill section following the Powder River." title="The road had very little traffic, and the weather got better in the afternoon. This is a long, very gently uphill section following the Powder River." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:58:32 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1933/583086622_A6URy-Th.jpg 2009-06-19 17:25:21 c3c3f3f51915df2b49454a5a36a3a106 8555d0a6c7bdb0c651bf74c4e6313803 d1c99c1b6e7c703b1c5c5eac927623c0 91a180dbda46ecf46bbe2f494b7617e3 86b366dabb439af149f32e3931ed74f3 f05e3879ca8ea3727d4680a31a3a390c 338b142606c6f53935b72ac2a16ca1d5 817eb979360067ee924e22c7e881680b d3eacf722520d20e537ea5083c8ded99 The road had very little traffic, and the weather got better in the afternoon. This is a long, very gently uphill section following the Powder River. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />The road had very little traffic, and the weather got better in the afternoon. This is a long, very gently uphill section following the Powder River.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583086622_A6URy" title="The road had very little traffic, and the weather got better in the afternoon. This is a long, very gently uphill section following the Powder River."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1933/583086622_A6URy-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="The road had very little traffic, and the weather got better in the afternoon. This is a long, very gently uphill section following the Powder River." title="The road had very little traffic, and the weather got better in the afternoon. This is a long, very gently uphill section following the Powder River." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583085493_e5tuK <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />The next day I would have had good views of the Wallowa Mountains, but it was cold and drizzly. The day started with a 20-mile descent of about 3000 feet, but instead of enjoying it, I just ...</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583085493_e5tuK" title="The next day I would have had good views of the Wallowa Mountains, but it was cold and drizzly. The day started with a 20-mile descent of about 3000 feet, but instead of enjoying it, I just ..."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1929/583085493_e5tuK-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="The next day I would have had good views of the Wallowa Mountains, but it was cold and drizzly. The day started with a 20-mile descent of about 3000 feet, but instead of enjoying it, I just ..." title="The next day I would have had good views of the Wallowa Mountains, but it was cold and drizzly. The day started with a 20-mile descent of about 3000 feet, but instead of enjoying it, I just ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:57:32 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1929/583085493_e5tuK-Th.jpg 2009-06-19 13:27:36 6324f8ddc61c9b68396557d0532faaec 0dc96b87bb4f2f2d48e8c7c07e255281 1c226334b85c94dcd47857ab597369a5 c6b77b5738fbb10343b486daef43b700 4028de2ba07310ea1206f5d186051eef 12e4aa517d528a50da527b22d3d551d9 dee0092e610411d638f736465ca1a242 a8406d85078ebcfd87cc71a03ed2591d 1f1f3953ae14f843c9ee505bcf2bbf30 The next day I would have had good views of the Wallowa Mountains, but it was cold and drizzly. The day started with a 20-mile descent of about 3000 feet, but instead of enjoying it, I just ... <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />The next day I would have had good views of the Wallowa Mountains, but it was cold and drizzly. The day started with a 20-mile descent of about 3000 feet, but instead of enjoying it, I just ...</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583085493_e5tuK" title="The next day I would have had good views of the Wallowa Mountains, but it was cold and drizzly. The day started with a 20-mile descent of about 3000 feet, but instead of enjoying it, I just ..."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1929/583085493_e5tuK-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="The next day I would have had good views of the Wallowa Mountains, but it was cold and drizzly. The day started with a 20-mile descent of about 3000 feet, but instead of enjoying it, I just ..." title="The next day I would have had good views of the Wallowa Mountains, but it was cold and drizzly. The day started with a 20-mile descent of about 3000 feet, but instead of enjoying it, I just ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583084271_KhUik <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />After lunch in Enterprise, I went east past Joseph and then south on the Imnaha Highway to Pick Creek Campground. Total for the day: 94.7 miles, average 10.4 mph.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583084271_KhUik" title="After lunch in Enterprise, I went east past Joseph and then south on the Imnaha Highway to Pick Creek Campground. Total for the day: 94.7 miles, average 10.4 mph."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1928/583084271_KhUik-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="After lunch in Enterprise, I went east past Joseph and then south on the Imnaha Highway to Pick Creek Campground. Total for the day: 94.7 miles, average 10.4 mph." title="After lunch in Enterprise, I went east past Joseph and then south on the Imnaha Highway to Pick Creek Campground. Total for the day: 94.7 miles, average 10.4 mph." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:56:26 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1928/583084271_KhUik-Th.jpg 2009-06-19 12:38:53 d9ac1801f2473861e26b62bb54680d97 f3d61c7cfce4271a9855a2f5d767bbb5 360a79492c35d49cfd9ccf331d376849 7b73bdb3191f6c189493a039a3a18030 9bf40bae75da08cc2e0397acc4e04b5b 5fef499e3d0d3eb60f695d5902e7717b d5fcf80f480bb7a0565889adb146beb9 70feb48e0a66ccd690d92071e5e9ddb3 c798052a87b0ee83342d71caecfa98bb After lunch in Enterprise, I went east past Joseph and then south on the Imnaha Highway to Pick Creek Campground. Total for the day: 94.7 miles, average 10.4 mph. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />After lunch in Enterprise, I went east past Joseph and then south on the Imnaha Highway to Pick Creek Campground. Total for the day: 94.7 miles, average 10.4 mph.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583084271_KhUik" title="After lunch in Enterprise, I went east past Joseph and then south on the Imnaha Highway to Pick Creek Campground. Total for the day: 94.7 miles, average 10.4 mph."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1928/583084271_KhUik-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="After lunch in Enterprise, I went east past Joseph and then south on the Imnaha Highway to Pick Creek Campground. Total for the day: 94.7 miles, average 10.4 mph." title="After lunch in Enterprise, I went east past Joseph and then south on the Imnaha Highway to Pick Creek Campground. Total for the day: 94.7 miles, average 10.4 mph." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583083356_94vs3 <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />As I approached Enterprise, Oregon, I could see the Wallowa Mountains.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583083356_94vs3" title="As I approached Enterprise, Oregon, I could see the Wallowa Mountains."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1926/583083356_94vs3-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="As I approached Enterprise, Oregon, I could see the Wallowa Mountains." title="As I approached Enterprise, Oregon, I could see the Wallowa Mountains." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:55:37 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1926/583083356_94vs3-Th.jpg 2009-06-18 15:19:14 6e7eb5114529241a69bdb3a495fa3244 e47c7c3d0395d8073f45494901850b11 0990e7f7c68518d301d1d1b887d74389 5ed409fa176cba9c8e8a889099a6c834 ea67dc7dd8e321aa76185b23ce934b5f 27e45a70233381e479c1a42592ebb769 f53d1694f2f0af57c50cd055537bb5ef eb703b7c902bdfebd4bca09971654e0d 57443a908d2fc5fd2b3aed51100d9772 As I approached Enterprise, Oregon, I could see the Wallowa Mountains. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />As I approached Enterprise, Oregon, I could see the Wallowa Mountains.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583083356_94vs3" title="As I approached Enterprise, Oregon, I could see the Wallowa Mountains."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1926/583083356_94vs3-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="As I approached Enterprise, Oregon, I could see the Wallowa Mountains." title="As I approached Enterprise, Oregon, I could see the Wallowa Mountains." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583082471_Hbrt6 <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />Overlooking the canyon of the Joseph River.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583082471_Hbrt6" title="Overlooking the canyon of the Joseph River."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1921/583082471_Hbrt6-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Overlooking the canyon of the Joseph River." title="Overlooking the canyon of the Joseph River." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:54:48 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1921/583082471_Hbrt6-Th.jpg 2009-06-18 13:37:10 04da34e87b788e884c184e62500a92db de0b57552a39f8a8f0e819e203840537 5a32de3fd5f9655121e228d676370599 c230a7b97a582bf7c0cb9d97863a7d71 647e2bfc07ff49cbf382597568e2b9b0 f534a0f185d4b6899c166815d48faa20 aa1d84de11ff1bb58838dc8fa677dde9 5b075caea89f57ae32336ea3ede48255 57b56911b190eabf505deae3154e4b20 Overlooking the canyon of the Joseph River. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />Overlooking the canyon of the Joseph River.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583082471_Hbrt6" title="Overlooking the canyon of the Joseph River."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1921/583082471_Hbrt6-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Overlooking the canyon of the Joseph River." title="Overlooking the canyon of the Joseph River." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583081287_AAFYd <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />An old house in Flora.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583081287_AAFYd" title="An old house in Flora."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1918/583081287_AAFYd-Th.jpg" width="150" height="108" alt="An old house in Flora." title="An old house in Flora." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:53:40 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1918/583081287_AAFYd-Th.jpg 2009-06-18 12:58:56 e0e936bb2885d056901f6b90218694c6 b8e8d73716fe6dc5e324ccee1643b706 1c944b7fb8c41f7050ee58eabbd05ea6 aa308b7a4d4bcfa8c64fc4a6c1d4a3a9 83d388374faf5391aedcd3730af537e3 7f70957f6b51fe2677c235956b4ff058 2071104daf32ef0df0f9f7dff38839e1 4613c91f90375b069dddf06aa13fd6d2 d9420a587a37cb74bdbf62a39c116b83 An old house in Flora. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />An old house in Flora.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583081287_AAFYd" title="An old house in Flora."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1918/583081287_AAFYd-Th.jpg" width="150" height="108" alt="An old house in Flora." title="An old house in Flora." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583080080_PxA6G <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />The Flora Cemetery is about a mile north of town.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583080080_PxA6G" title="The Flora Cemetery is about a mile north of town."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1917/583080080_PxA6G-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="The Flora Cemetery is about a mile north of town." title="The Flora Cemetery is about a mile north of town." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:52:34 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1917/583080080_PxA6G-Th.jpg 2009-06-18 12:54:06 15a17bc83996648c75e00346de768b69 1181a869ed76af90c5224e655802dcfc a006b1d945ba1505b20be72513736d0e f440350f323c2a0ed77a50c555ae7f04 f45e65afc6a4970f0703bfb3c49e02bf 307edab62b9affa000f47d1cfa30bb32 8b30c2371ae5026b8fe4ccda85a8f9df 35e408818e11bd6f481b2a232c6df9ae cc67464d2982ce077c83578363477f8d The Flora Cemetery is about a mile north of town. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />The Flora Cemetery is about a mile north of town.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583080080_PxA6G" title="The Flora Cemetery is about a mile north of town."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1917/583080080_PxA6G-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="The Flora Cemetery is about a mile north of town." title="The Flora Cemetery is about a mile north of town." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583078835_bgWR4 <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />The Flora School seems to be the only thing happening in Flora; I saw fliers for a fundraising event for it.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583078835_bgWR4" title="The Flora School seems to be the only thing happening in Flora; I saw fliers for a fundraising event for it."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1916/583078835_bgWR4-Th.jpg" width="150" height="106" alt="The Flora School seems to be the only thing happening in Flora; I saw fliers for a fundraising event for it." title="The Flora School seems to be the only thing happening in Flora; I saw fliers for a fundraising event for it." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:51:25 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1916/583078835_bgWR4-Th.jpg 2009-06-18 12:50:33 6bd1800b687d690ffc5e726d96e8ede8 a0950e78a48bc50cb121ab5e7fc4e2d7 9f675b6b674f8cd3801953213152687d d09402f333086a79ad1738e87f507c4c 7bb2baab0c74a0fa34f10c4ba1a32c21 83ee1ce943e6c722bdf49c79d7d03855 852d834a95393765b3c6565b7b6b51e2 2e55393abe1d4b841430281c1e643b7e a5c13bab17c78e8d1245e4b77bdac301 The Flora School seems to be the only thing happening in Flora; I saw fliers for a fundraising event for it. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />The Flora School seems to be the only thing happening in Flora; I saw fliers for a fundraising event for it.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583078835_bgWR4" title="The Flora School seems to be the only thing happening in Flora; I saw fliers for a fundraising event for it."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1916/583078835_bgWR4-Th.jpg" width="150" height="106" alt="The Flora School seems to be the only thing happening in Flora; I saw fliers for a fundraising event for it." title="The Flora School seems to be the only thing happening in Flora; I saw fliers for a fundraising event for it." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583077734_ZcXVt <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />The old church in Flora.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583077734_ZcXVt" title="The old church in Flora."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1915/583077734_ZcXVt-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="The old church in Flora." title="The old church in Flora." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:50:27 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1915/583077734_ZcXVt-Th.jpg 2009-06-18 12:49:48 9d55ab26a79325642974b0da47085bb5 5f16999cc09b90630b9f879a91a3fbc3 2107f985a3987ed5024bf66fa813260c a134cf64aff283c9f9f7e68601ecadb3 2342f67fb733d124e58b1ea5b4c895fb 5b577bc665e03f80a69dc241d4b5f261 bc625707c428883d347313ef0a301cf4 33bba9f830c65109bca470be06fb10cf 258486ac6e993e7f4be6cc99d7cdce25 The old church in Flora. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />The old church in Flora.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583077734_ZcXVt" title="The old church in Flora."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1915/583077734_ZcXVt-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="The old church in Flora." title="The old church in Flora." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583076749_YZrYa <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />This is downtown Flora.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583076749_YZrYa" title="This is downtown Flora."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1914/583076749_YZrYa-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="This is downtown Flora." title="This is downtown Flora." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:49:32 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1914/583076749_YZrYa-Th.jpg 2009-06-18 12:48:28 7d6867cfb835858e844bdc1b74364a8e 54ab18548dcdb83590550bc25bc4bae5 8e03d2fcd491f96d7a7dee5366414504 058bf808082990a68402140fd4daf145 059e4b73472d31b088d8ab359fcb0369 5190f8c90d1684aec6345e02df0cd6c3 d7797141051ce5e94c067d7cab0a97ee 8d41b66a6db24dcaadef693d90b443c4 326b96ed4e2587e00575c9d6930fa003 This is downtown Flora. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />This is downtown Flora.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583076749_YZrYa" title="This is downtown Flora."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1914/583076749_YZrYa-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="This is downtown Flora." title="This is downtown Flora." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583075537_igddh <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />Once on top of the plateau, I took a side trip to Flora, Oregon.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583075537_igddh" title="Once on top of the plateau, I took a side trip to Flora, Oregon."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1913/583075537_igddh-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Once on top of the plateau, I took a side trip to Flora, Oregon." title="Once on top of the plateau, I took a side trip to Flora, Oregon." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:48:30 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1913/583075537_igddh-Th.jpg 2009-06-18 12:30:20 c62fdd1745542fc058326e0db7e30490 5ac758d78ed5904137131a89d43350f8 2f035ab0cea0293ca8bcf04765de67f1 be42b75bcd034a08447f8ade920d89e5 1450aa2f1820526e3c479896c2e37a3f 748d38c60bfa4cdf27d6097c8e69a827 9ec5702069e661dc65d3c4e2fadb9416 90ff1e49ccf319a555d9547551a63299 0023c99d41946131a6ae76bf91183584 Once on top of the plateau, I took a side trip to Flora, Oregon. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />Once on top of the plateau, I took a side trip to Flora, Oregon.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583075537_igddh" title="Once on top of the plateau, I took a side trip to Flora, Oregon."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1913/583075537_igddh-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Once on top of the plateau, I took a side trip to Flora, Oregon." title="Once on top of the plateau, I took a side trip to Flora, Oregon." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583074187_ixN9B <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />Going up on the other side of the Grande Ronde was a fairly steep uphill of over 3000 feet.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583074187_ixN9B" title="Going up on the other side of the Grande Ronde was a fairly steep uphill of over 3000 feet."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1911/583074187_ixN9B-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Going up on the other side of the Grande Ronde was a fairly steep uphill of over 3000 feet." title="Going up on the other side of the Grande Ronde was a fairly steep uphill of over 3000 feet." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:47:17 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1911/583074187_ixN9B-Th.jpg 2009-06-18 11:22:12 2b5acc40db88ee5f95774589abb6aa97 c0fce3515c0a7aa690cfe0941dc56dec 4ab41a69bfcb09ff5fbada47e16efaab c3a20aa4e561a397f386249801092a2c 9643d99144e8f75fe17c7e7094fd512f e79e183ae284d0ae69354c4a63bdbdc2 2005a6e5efafd313e81f0ec73277576a f7d1b372031a3be838b16b09143689dd 980ffb68b5eaaf3d9a3f8eedf6f8311d Going up on the other side of the Grande Ronde was a fairly steep uphill of over 3000 feet. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />Going up on the other side of the Grande Ronde was a fairly steep uphill of over 3000 feet.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583074187_ixN9B" title="Going up on the other side of the Grande Ronde was a fairly steep uphill of over 3000 feet."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1911/583074187_ixN9B-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Going up on the other side of the Grande Ronde was a fairly steep uphill of over 3000 feet." title="Going up on the other side of the Grande Ronde was a fairly steep uphill of over 3000 feet." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583072896_HrndR <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />The next day I got an early start (on the bike at 5:45) and went down a long switchbacking grade to cross the Grande Ronde River.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583072896_HrndR" title="The next day I got an early start (on the bike at 5:45) and went down a long switchbacking grade to cross the Grande Ronde River."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1910/583072896_HrndR-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="The next day I got an early start (on the bike at 5:45) and went down a long switchbacking grade to cross the Grande Ronde River." title="The next day I got an early start (on the bike at 5:45) and went down a long switchbacking grade to cross the Grande Ronde River." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:46:07 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1910/583072896_HrndR-Th.jpg 2009-06-18 09:23:17 00ed3d03f94697e7b8ea22d1e41d202e c2a0e1d311aa20074c5f35f4bf37df9d 61d86dd85673195749755f53c51708a3 278568a9efab82e4b9b5b078258600b9 4d3e41f1935a33203fb94218602f0170 5790bbba17d93448d808789d12fd566a ccf2101e28e7f62977c48152c2462aef db71bac7f86f02645d9d84e2e4a1b13f b16bd51afbea4d5ef50edcc7789f37f1 The next day I got an early start (on the bike at 5:45) and went down a long switchbacking grade to cross the Grande Ronde River. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />The next day I got an early start (on the bike at 5:45) and went down a long switchbacking grade to cross the Grande Ronde River.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583072896_HrndR" title="The next day I got an early start (on the bike at 5:45) and went down a long switchbacking grade to cross the Grande Ronde River."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1910/583072896_HrndR-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="The next day I got an early start (on the bike at 5:45) and went down a long switchbacking grade to cross the Grande Ronde River." title="The next day I got an early start (on the bike at 5:45) and went down a long switchbacking grade to cross the Grande Ronde River." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583071896_ZaWJp <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />After riding through more fields like this, I camped in Field Spring State Park. Total for the day: 87.2 miles, average speed 11.1 mph.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583071896_ZaWJp" title="After riding through more fields like this, I camped in Field Spring State Park. Total for the day: 87.2 miles, average speed 11.1 mph."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1903/583071896_ZaWJp-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="After riding through more fields like this, I camped in Field Spring State Park. Total for the day: 87.2 miles, average speed 11.1 mph." title="After riding through more fields like this, I camped in Field Spring State Park. Total for the day: 87.2 miles, average speed 11.1 mph." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:45:15 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1903/583071896_ZaWJp-Th.jpg 2009-06-17 19:14:08 7dd587c654b574e6f77c76c2fb8f13cb c8bc5d8b6e745c068fc0b45b72573ff5 140aafb92791cafc273be8cb16f1713d 114c2b980d8d807cf7cd0f49c8a1b603 b7ebbaf6196202f82d21a1d1584afdc5 0eba207aab7175af0500f27d58cd3c6e 0fd1f1456d0a855eb3860c91ec7191d6 acbe6f27cc0bedd9fbc399933a7cef61 183350562cf087064428ad170e6e9acb After riding through more fields like this, I camped in Field Spring State Park. Total for the day: 87.2 miles, average speed 11.1 mph. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />After riding through more fields like this, I camped in Field Spring State Park. Total for the day: 87.2 miles, average speed 11.1 mph.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583071896_ZaWJp" title="After riding through more fields like this, I camped in Field Spring State Park. Total for the day: 87.2 miles, average speed 11.1 mph."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1903/583071896_ZaWJp-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="After riding through more fields like this, I camped in Field Spring State Park. Total for the day: 87.2 miles, average speed 11.1 mph." title="After riding through more fields like this, I camped in Field Spring State Park. Total for the day: 87.2 miles, average speed 11.1 mph." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583070425_BMJnt <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />There were over 20 miles of continuous uphill, with headwinds and intermittent rain for the last hour or so.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583070425_BMJnt" title="There were over 20 miles of continuous uphill, with headwinds and intermittent rain for the last hour or so."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1902/583070425_BMJnt-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="There were over 20 miles of continuous uphill, with headwinds and intermittent rain for the last hour or so." title="There were over 20 miles of continuous uphill, with headwinds and intermittent rain for the last hour or so." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:43:57 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1902/583070425_BMJnt-Th.jpg 2009-06-17 17:36:43 60d24bb3498f170cefbf6e091060951f 91494e3e8e205430039e692de3fed01b 8a5c46fe1b1f6edf85eed6b8975b9882 50e9d7570c6dd2794debdbffa3a32260 4b7bf321df8f77030d4d382642217729 6f7b0450e448b9f83aa1a2353dbbaf02 ef53d4432e66e2fc5da45000f19fc497 b68cb885e554089bf602b3b811eb5587 aca959716240801a952d7a61678a2f5d There were over 20 miles of continuous uphill, with headwinds and intermittent rain for the last hour or so. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />There were over 20 miles of continuous uphill, with headwinds and intermittent rain for the last hour or so.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583070425_BMJnt" title="There were over 20 miles of continuous uphill, with headwinds and intermittent rain for the last hour or so."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1902/583070425_BMJnt-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="There were over 20 miles of continuous uphill, with headwinds and intermittent rain for the last hour or so." title="There were over 20 miles of continuous uphill, with headwinds and intermittent rain for the last hour or so." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583069310_Cp8j5 <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />The road was fairly steep at first, then got less steep, with a total elevation gain of about 3500 feet.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583069310_Cp8j5" title="The road was fairly steep at first, then got less steep, with a total elevation gain of about 3500 feet."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1899/583069310_Cp8j5-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="The road was fairly steep at first, then got less steep, with a total elevation gain of about 3500 feet." title="The road was fairly steep at first, then got less steep, with a total elevation gain of about 3500 feet." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:42:58 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1899/583069310_Cp8j5-Th.jpg 2009-06-17 16:31:03 acba118f04d28f1894249ff6b477a004 78a107e0c1d9ce6d09f8f08a771fcc4e 547e0a056986d464841d3b7a6ce579ce 325eedfd786dd5c0d5da405a44a2ca74 b9b2335c3d1dc3917983796edb263564 04a54fa36ed95452fa061477785b09b0 634fed46d3e7505c3221fe61cf427e7e 0cac4f5358ef1e11c18ab203a72bf121 90ce575b46f45f593bd21c558a2c892c The road was fairly steep at first, then got less steep, with a total elevation gain of about 3500 feet. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />The road was fairly steep at first, then got less steep, with a total elevation gain of about 3500 feet.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583069310_Cp8j5" title="The road was fairly steep at first, then got less steep, with a total elevation gain of about 3500 feet."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1899/583069310_Cp8j5-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="The road was fairly steep at first, then got less steep, with a total elevation gain of about 3500 feet." title="The road was fairly steep at first, then got less steep, with a total elevation gain of about 3500 feet." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583068536_TicPn <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />From Clarkston, there was a bike path along the river to Asotin, Washington, then the road started uphill.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583068536_TicPn" title="From Clarkston, there was a bike path along the river to Asotin, Washington, then the road started uphill."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1897/583068536_TicPn-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="From Clarkston, there was a bike path along the river to Asotin, Washington, then the road started uphill." title="From Clarkston, there was a bike path along the river to Asotin, Washington, then the road started uphill." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:42:18 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1897/583068536_TicPn-Th.jpg 2009-06-17 16:16:21 302f0d1d9054d9b79ccf45a5d2716811 d92c1b223f45c0999bb4130f288de92d f05517720099a0729c4b4d72132f1610 84fdf21f17cd33f3fb2555578caf62f9 237a1575a9c7025fa3e44e60dcf98d73 fc1fb9b7d724d2b44e321a7640cff79e 8ace9ee1987349375864df7516e5499a 9e34e5905757a03de7068320e8ee69da 727f7d558866c6f3b466de4a6cdaae7c From Clarkston, there was a bike path along the river to Asotin, Washington, then the road started uphill. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />From Clarkston, there was a bike path along the river to Asotin, Washington, then the road started uphill.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583068536_TicPn" title="From Clarkston, there was a bike path along the river to Asotin, Washington, then the road started uphill."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1897/583068536_TicPn-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="From Clarkston, there was a bike path along the river to Asotin, Washington, then the road started uphill." title="From Clarkston, there was a bike path along the river to Asotin, Washington, then the road started uphill." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583067402_rRSa8 <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />I had lunch and got some groceries in Clarkston, Washington.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583067402_rRSa8" title="I had lunch and got some groceries in Clarkston, Washington."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1896/583067402_rRSa8-Th.jpg" width="150" height="103" alt="I had lunch and got some groceries in Clarkston, Washington." title="I had lunch and got some groceries in Clarkston, Washington." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:41:15 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1896/583067402_rRSa8-Th.jpg 2009-06-17 15:49:34 2acffe9153bce03cb34091438e1e0dbe dd41880092d3e7db2993bd21a6e958dd 9374d3eb0080b0cf6716df06d3fc5230 d784e6165841232d40d537a6a7621384 04d21f2f74f0abbdba19eab7866237fc ee8391da6f31897f0d082ec8309e5cd4 c6f6f6d228d1d20966f3bf97d2311c74 78bbc5fccb23d81b6eab3cbdf8b8e32d 70f05a040723c112dad3c25a2b30a4f6 I had lunch and got some groceries in Clarkston, Washington. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />I had lunch and got some groceries in Clarkston, Washington.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583067402_rRSa8" title="I had lunch and got some groceries in Clarkston, Washington."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1896/583067402_rRSa8-Th.jpg" width="150" height="103" alt="I had lunch and got some groceries in Clarkston, Washington." title="I had lunch and got some groceries in Clarkston, Washington." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583066240_beKtF <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />More columnar basalt.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583066240_beKtF" title="More columnar basalt."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1895/583066240_beKtF-Th.jpg" width="150" height="109" alt="More columnar basalt." title="More columnar basalt." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:40:15 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1895/583066240_beKtF-Th.jpg 2009-06-17 14:32:48 21f0e39caa3259def3dcf64f8ff00ed2 b253757a3c92d62882d562ed9d48887b ab606d697e101df8ea5d9bdb7e34b1fe dbe74915a97eb3946b2c1102cc9ac08a f0acc744e18e23b24971a6bb01c31b61 1c03079b660c4c4bff8ef054b00dd653 3922bdb7d0669f5162feb27c89de937e d46fbdc795e4b21019a1853ae5d3c57b 9e6ebc4a38b2910c46fcbae146c4c70f More columnar basalt. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />More columnar basalt.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583066240_beKtF" title="More columnar basalt."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1895/583066240_beKtF-Th.jpg" width="150" height="109" alt="More columnar basalt." title="More columnar basalt." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583064908_pG6rA <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />I like the layers of columnar basalt left by successive lava flows.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583064908_pG6rA" title="I like the layers of columnar basalt left by successive lava flows."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1884/583064908_pG6rA-Th.jpg" width="150" height="111" alt="I like the layers of columnar basalt left by successive lava flows." title="I like the layers of columnar basalt left by successive lava flows." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:39:05 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1884/583064908_pG6rA-Th.jpg 2009-06-17 13:02:16 e424f838aa7b3684c7f397c7be756a2a 6292e17665b0d587b74af398d077dedb 787750166fdc962afb4c89b98321e444 c0e5c3e05d98eebbaa94307976160ed0 79995550032fadea4da3d9c72baaa803 da32f175a8dcb34728aeb13b58cdaf5a 18e1452b1410d9b32177d53ec2060153 0ee59e5f62ce974e195583647a1cc5f1 c1390ea5c5981b6c590863b49ca118b3 I like the layers of columnar basalt left by successive lava flows. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />I like the layers of columnar basalt left by successive lava flows.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583064908_pG6rA" title="I like the layers of columnar basalt left by successive lava flows."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1884/583064908_pG6rA-Th.jpg" width="150" height="111" alt="I like the layers of columnar basalt left by successive lava flows." title="I like the layers of columnar basalt left by successive lava flows." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583063527_rmkmB <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />The road then followed the shore of the Snake River, which forms a reservoir behind Lower Granite Dam.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583063527_rmkmB" title="The road then followed the shore of the Snake River, which forms a reservoir behind Lower Granite Dam."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1883/583063527_rmkmB-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="The road then followed the shore of the Snake River, which forms a reservoir behind Lower Granite Dam." title="The road then followed the shore of the Snake River, which forms a reservoir behind Lower Granite Dam." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:37:57 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1883/583063527_rmkmB-Th.jpg 2009-06-17 13:01:28 ceaff6c03897bad517c0b6c2ab45006a 14c99439f278c4a6321818834eeb1887 471159df5b51556fdcbaf515af81454f ab3919da704f703cf2ad691135d9b160 81007cb8751775c5d3405986df840379 df466f7e9e48e54dadbfc43ad5415c78 29534cfb00fa1d3654fb025ecd366ae2 5698483f4a19b9658dc208c600bbc50a 1ccef33be35845e38320f4bcdecc72a8 The road then followed the shore of the Snake River, which forms a reservoir behind Lower Granite Dam. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />The road then followed the shore of the Snake River, which forms a reservoir behind Lower Granite Dam.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583063527_rmkmB" title="The road then followed the shore of the Snake River, which forms a reservoir behind Lower Granite Dam."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1883/583063527_rmkmB-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="The road then followed the shore of the Snake River, which forms a reservoir behind Lower Granite Dam." title="The road then followed the shore of the Snake River, which forms a reservoir behind Lower Granite Dam." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583062685_RraCh <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />As Wawawai Road got closer to the Snake River, the countryside got dryer. There was almost no traffic.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583062685_RraCh" title="As Wawawai Road got closer to the Snake River, the countryside got dryer. There was almost no traffic."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1875/583062685_RraCh-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="As Wawawai Road got closer to the Snake River, the countryside got dryer. There was almost no traffic." title="As Wawawai Road got closer to the Snake River, the countryside got dryer. There was almost no traffic." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:37:13 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1875/583062685_RraCh-Th.jpg 2009-06-17 11:23:23 7a0a08a6c967290d2e2845b631b01bdd e7dddf2419654fba7d0b288e07053e91 63094c46b08d438f68b15411b430bfa5 ac9ffd266505cf468d6825a5a68fe38e ae5f761f0521fdb39abf1960d1684ed7 813ab030805c211da5faa48adea193a7 6310efa6face8b65f844103b5ee3fc9f e2e7bd97c5ede2aa2a118887d09456b1 8c73d2073fbc9e707d23f8b322b0d2bf As Wawawai Road got closer to the Snake River, the countryside got dryer. There was almost no traffic. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />As Wawawai Road got closer to the Snake River, the countryside got dryer. There was almost no traffic.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583062685_RraCh" title="As Wawawai Road got closer to the Snake River, the countryside got dryer. There was almost no traffic."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1875/583062685_RraCh-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="As Wawawai Road got closer to the Snake River, the countryside got dryer. There was almost no traffic." title="As Wawawai Road got closer to the Snake River, the countryside got dryer. There was almost no traffic." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583061630_68QTP <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />From Pullman, I went south on Wawawai Road down a long grade. At first it went through green farms.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583061630_68QTP" title="From Pullman, I went south on Wawawai Road down a long grade. At first it went through green farms."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1874/583061630_68QTP-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="From Pullman, I went south on Wawawai Road down a long grade. At first it went through green farms." title="From Pullman, I went south on Wawawai Road down a long grade. At first it went through green farms." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:36:17 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1874/583061630_68QTP-Th.jpg 2009-06-17 11:05:53 acdff01adaead95a170ac58de70da676 066c1d8f0d56331a5c24535b3269d187 26dcefc7da4e1a8b09205e00c41660ab 8709378cb44d3b8ed0d6aeacc842a77b 9d78fcd757abd317837cfb88dabac5a3 ff1da5e08a338e2d87d58d966209d05a cde5e74ce62dbbecc05575c3fc6e5662 2e29645b7a4e1a38e7289cdff5d50ccc 69d2ab331350d884c184b562c52790a5 From Pullman, I went south on Wawawai Road down a long grade. At first it went through green farms. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />From Pullman, I went south on Wawawai Road down a long grade. At first it went through green farms.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583061630_68QTP" title="From Pullman, I went south on Wawawai Road down a long grade. At first it went through green farms."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1874/583061630_68QTP-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="From Pullman, I went south on Wawawai Road down a long grade. At first it went through green farms." title="From Pullman, I went south on Wawawai Road down a long grade. At first it went through green farms." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583060831_CcfiG <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />On Wednesday, June 17, I set out from Moscow, Idaho on my bike. I'd been attending the Evolution meeting at the University of Idaho. I started by riding on the bike path to Pullman, Washingt ...</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583060831_CcfiG" title="On Wednesday, June 17, I set out from Moscow, Idaho on my bike. I'd been attending the Evolution meeting at the University of Idaho. I started by riding on the bike path to Pullman, Washingt ..."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1871/583060831_CcfiG-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="On Wednesday, June 17, I set out from Moscow, Idaho on my bike. I'd been attending the Evolution meeting at the University of Idaho. I started by riding on the bike path to Pullman, Washingt ..." title="On Wednesday, June 17, I set out from Moscow, Idaho on my bike. I'd been attending the Evolution meeting at the University of Idaho. I started by riding on the bike path to Pullman, Washingt ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:35:33 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1871/583060831_CcfiG-Th.jpg 2009-06-17 09:33:50 06f3a8dd7b84446c031c2991d7bb9e02 0a4099c2140523cee4860d92d8138c61 97dff7131846b75162a8a94ce29e8496 cdac90bc543be5da38fe50d4eac1dfd7 d11b60889b2650a694ea20ad1c32e419 9534a1d76c6ebce3eb5c84e014bd816f 753adad9130de8d3c095857cdeff6e95 2cc7831c06275f3caa449d48754732ee 9445e0da666d8bce39eaac00804f7ab6 On Wednesday, June 17, I set out from Moscow, Idaho on my bike. I'd been attending the Evolution meeting at the University of Idaho. I started by riding on the bike path to Pullman, Washingt ... <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />On Wednesday, June 17, I set out from Moscow, Idaho on my bike. I'd been attending the Evolution meeting at the University of Idaho. I started by riding on the bike path to Pullman, Washingt ...</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/8805957_JBiRE#583060831_CcfiG" title="On Wednesday, June 17, I set out from Moscow, Idaho on my bike. I'd been attending the Evolution meeting at the University of Idaho. I started by riding on the bike path to Pullman, Washingt ..."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Desert-Trip-2009/IMG1871/583060831_CcfiG-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="On Wednesday, June 17, I set out from Moscow, Idaho on my bike. I'd been attending the Evolution meeting at the University of Idaho. I started by riding on the bike path to Pullman, Washingt ..." title="On Wednesday, June 17, I set out from Moscow, Idaho on my bike. I'd been attending the Evolution meeting at the University of Idaho. I started by riding on the bike path to Pullman, Washingt ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/8087450_mSjSa#527051160_232Kh <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />We went out to Snoqualmie Falls.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/8087450_mSjSa#527051160_232Kh" title="We went out to Snoqualmie Falls."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/IMG1811/527051160_232Kh-Th.jpg" width="150" height="110" alt="We went out to Snoqualmie Falls." title="We went out to Snoqualmie Falls." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 03 May 2009 07:23:40 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/IMG1811/527051160_232Kh-Th.jpg 2009-04-05 20:22:59 4b409566f8fdaf4e31b2dee40e4fb77e 3d455c9d914b50cb98dbd8128f0de481 a9dcf1e142416873fbb2997845ff5fcc 43f67741401fe54b5cebf5df562a4897 4282e720ef984aefdbd1ba513b6b3cb0 1dab547875ffa4cbad013268760e78b4 b0a236dc2f97544b2ff31087fae720fd 3e1e1109677150df942b783aa7fb6331 70ef1a3a82fa12434c1e2f9092bc96fa We went out to Snoqualmie Falls. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />We went out to Snoqualmie Falls.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/8087450_mSjSa#527051160_232Kh" title="We went out to Snoqualmie Falls."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/IMG1811/527051160_232Kh-Th.jpg" width="150" height="110" alt="We went out to Snoqualmie Falls." title="We went out to Snoqualmie Falls." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/8087450_mSjSa#527048790_M5ETL <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />We had lots and lots of free samples.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/8087450_mSjSa#527048790_M5ETL" title="We had lots and lots of free samples."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/IMG1800/527048790_M5ETL-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="We had lots and lots of free samples." title="We had lots and lots of free samples." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 03 May 2009 07:19:44 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/IMG1800/527048790_M5ETL-Th.jpg 2009-04-05 14:07:10 e03526916a64a29a2045837174ea8154 b2fe3cfc40b77f5a0ba5ef312a5087a7 421e737175340adbe7babafd71efa553 7e87585bae7ec3afceccc1ea856427ef dd63d99aa3b1ec67dd26ede39d40d748 500148785f4472046e648345a623b871 4251f7bcfa496fde451cf0578d0ff659 5f0b197ff3d9232207d1731ef3d46cf8 770945c0af3e6242951ce67515180b16 We had lots and lots of free samples. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />We had lots and lots of free samples.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/8087450_mSjSa#527048790_M5ETL" title="We had lots and lots of free samples."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/IMG1800/527048790_M5ETL-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="We had lots and lots of free samples." title="We had lots and lots of free samples." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/8087450_mSjSa#527048240_K7tC9 <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />Cocoa beans.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/8087450_mSjSa#527048240_K7tC9" title="Cocoa beans."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/IMG1797/527048240_K7tC9-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Cocoa beans." title="Cocoa beans." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 03 May 2009 07:18:47 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/IMG1797/527048240_K7tC9-Th.jpg 2009-04-05 13:54:56 96285066a18c37545e31c5101504170b fdcb961c7e1386f7a5505c737ea203bd 4539ab208e1d88e69fd03a7c83f5a718 3a682807fd6c3401ee16714c3fbccef2 7457a09848766dfaee034f6b26c7064c e69b9a5b8e2374f1aa60a451d4f8217f 151d0c3ddbef5d25dc2cccf62951489f ad82a836c4d4fd96ad5a6ff780c96008 c12142968dbd0c0f1c3443e735be5b0f Cocoa beans. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />Cocoa beans.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/8087450_mSjSa#527048240_K7tC9" title="Cocoa beans."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/IMG1797/527048240_K7tC9-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Cocoa beans." title="Cocoa beans." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/8087450_mSjSa#527047191_ThEHx <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />A lump of cocoa butter.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/8087450_mSjSa#527047191_ThEHx" title="A lump of cocoa butter."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/IMG1796/527047191_ThEHx-Th.jpg" width="150" height="111" alt="A lump of cocoa butter." title="A lump of cocoa butter." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 03 May 2009 07:17:03 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/IMG1796/527047191_ThEHx-Th.jpg 2009-04-05 13:54:29 79b3c5cd163babfe6ddeff73af6c686b 91f1936085c615abfc34fe2f551e47f6 f1070117b009bd6574d7633d9b954d7f 19db1d87a98b6e8970258892af2f39a2 570191184140267ed4c4736ba60a8ad0 831fc12ebc51bcd41afd50fe8533cf54 6cdf6872b117bde3ee1fa4f2b6289777 f090d0362235afdd17f804cbedcb0ee0 51daddd56aa309348fb93a11889812b3 A lump of cocoa butter. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />A lump of cocoa butter.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/8087450_mSjSa#527047191_ThEHx" title="A lump of cocoa butter."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/IMG1796/527047191_ThEHx-Th.jpg" width="150" height="111" alt="A lump of cocoa butter." title="A lump of cocoa butter." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/8087450_mSjSa#527046789_wube7 <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />Bev and I took a tour of the Theo Chocolate Factory in the Fremont neighborhood in Seattle. Our tour guide was enthusiastic about chocolate.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/8087450_mSjSa#527046789_wube7" title="Bev and I took a tour of the Theo Chocolate Factory in the Fremont neighborhood in Seattle. Our tour guide was enthusiastic about chocolate."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/IMG1794/527046789_wube7-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Bev and I took a tour of the Theo Chocolate Factory in the Fremont neighborhood in Seattle. Our tour guide was enthusiastic about chocolate." title="Bev and I took a tour of the Theo Chocolate Factory in the Fremont neighborhood in Seattle. Our tour guide was enthusiastic about chocolate." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 03 May 2009 07:16:24 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/IMG1794/527046789_wube7-Th.jpg 2009-04-05 13:46:24 ac70f70e46569ae2816b5ba2effa80c5 13f75ad5795f7088d4d0702a23ac0ee0 2661e1ba8644ccc5b541a93ac7e78aa4 d5bc8c6c66f8c069931a3638e5227373 e5a1c9b0a87332b884b473386ff16899 8d77dc1a820c23dd0dad68b5a712fdab 2ed1b385dce7bd69c5a26ec773fb059c beb01cc7cdf5f66dcfd766f9b0f61083 9e2d7cc31549c8e344bf9bfa545e954f Bev and I took a tour of the Theo Chocolate Factory in the Fremont neighborhood in Seattle. Our tour guide was enthusiastic about chocolate. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />Bev and I took a tour of the Theo Chocolate Factory in the Fremont neighborhood in Seattle. Our tour guide was enthusiastic about chocolate.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/8087450_mSjSa#527046789_wube7" title="Bev and I took a tour of the Theo Chocolate Factory in the Fremont neighborhood in Seattle. Our tour guide was enthusiastic about chocolate."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/IMG1794/527046789_wube7-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Bev and I took a tour of the Theo Chocolate Factory in the Fremont neighborhood in Seattle. Our tour guide was enthusiastic about chocolate." title="Bev and I took a tour of the Theo Chocolate Factory in the Fremont neighborhood in Seattle. Our tour guide was enthusiastic about chocolate." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/8087450_mSjSa#527045599_uGLhx <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />One Halloween, I went as this statue.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/8087450_mSjSa#527045599_uGLhx" title="One Halloween, I went as this statue."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/IMG1770/527045599_uGLhx-Th.jpg" width="106" height="150" alt="One Halloween, I went as this statue." title="One Halloween, I went as this statue." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 03 May 2009 07:14:23 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/IMG1770/527045599_uGLhx-Th.jpg 2009-04-03 20:06:30 db1ccc32e253c5bf6ff4281c4b394447 ccf9a11c1600e007b539e09dad5374a3 486a6883ba30017bb02ef933eafc8b51 b4706f6235f9fbdf01a7318b261e0653 713f7bcfb3bb6f71156b8f834010a844 c4a55977b1dd109bca98e0f20cad922d 6682f5d22e4e63aac349d8df1ccb39da 136e4623cf0550363706b16e195e3b26 a304fd51c5964b3a8c33c19f8a51f165 One Halloween, I went as this statue. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />One Halloween, I went as this statue.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/8087450_mSjSa#527045599_uGLhx" title="One Halloween, I went as this statue."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/IMG1770/527045599_uGLhx-Th.jpg" width="106" height="150" alt="One Halloween, I went as this statue." title="One Halloween, I went as this statue." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/8087450_mSjSa#527044996_FNrPU <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />Me at UW.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/8087450_mSjSa#527044996_FNrPU" title="Me at UW."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/IMG1761/527044996_FNrPU-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Me at UW." title="Me at UW." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 03 May 2009 07:13:16 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/IMG1761/527044996_FNrPU-Th.jpg 2009-04-03 20:01:43 bc58f485bf14e6c9f9ceda329b9792bd 9c74e94b01398eb9a26b3bf94f4f8819 0f5408d6c4f7b4a25712682b9f15c21c d66184647afb25001100449ea5e20521 4b2608571baa6d3ffcbebb8bdf8a5a9b e929602040a046fb32435c91b58d3dec 73949da56e3bce4655e77b110df82356 170f385647311096646d3a85eaa89c74 0e23006ba5424c1c81a3d9fc5be3f562 Me at UW. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />Me at UW.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/8087450_mSjSa#527044996_FNrPU" title="Me at UW."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/IMG1761/527044996_FNrPU-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Me at UW." title="Me at UW." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/8087450_mSjSa#527044468_s54Yo <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />Thirty years ago, I thought the slogans on the outside of the Ministry of Truth in "1984" would be appropriate graffiti for a newsroom.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/8087450_mSjSa#527044468_s54Yo" title="Thirty years ago, I thought the slogans on the outside of the Ministry of Truth in "1984" would be appropriate graffiti for a newsroom."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/IMG1760/527044468_s54Yo-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="133" alt="Thirty years ago, I thought the slogans on the outside of the Ministry of Truth in "1984" would be appropriate graffiti for a newsroom." title="Thirty years ago, I thought the slogans on the outside of the Ministry of Truth in "1984" would be appropriate graffiti for a newsroom." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 03 May 2009 07:12:17 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/IMG1760/527044468_s54Yo-Th-1.jpg 2009-04-03 19:56:21 58c764495d17e0c246022f6425c9aaf9 ba8a077702abac0406e49b3a773dfe66 62512c91f33dc33ae3f7adb21f08c460 a51afbdf244aab3c766cbe34641f59eb 6eb012564663b14bfbf92d8b9c542f98 cfad501998c5538eea55042b37c60a6a 398c02d4e97f02ab0febc695a5a003be fd1b6af123f6257c588e1538bbbbd73a 212f4f2836498c710e4add34e8f64aa6 Thirty years ago, I thought the slogans on the outside of the Ministry of Truth in "1984" would be appropriate graffiti for a newsroom. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />Thirty years ago, I thought the slogans on the outside of the Ministry of Truth in "1984" would be appropriate graffiti for a newsroom.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/8087450_mSjSa#527044468_s54Yo" title="Thirty years ago, I thought the slogans on the outside of the Ministry of Truth in "1984" would be appropriate graffiti for a newsroom."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/IMG1760/527044468_s54Yo-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="133" alt="Thirty years ago, I thought the slogans on the outside of the Ministry of Truth in "1984" would be appropriate graffiti for a newsroom." title="Thirty years ago, I thought the slogans on the outside of the Ministry of Truth in "1984" would be appropriate graffiti for a newsroom." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/8087450_mSjSa#527043589_tCWik <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />Outside the newsroom of the UW Daily, where I worked as a proofreader.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/8087450_mSjSa#527043589_tCWik" title="Outside the newsroom of the UW Daily, where I worked as a proofreader."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/IMG1757/527043589_tCWik-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="86" alt="Outside the newsroom of the UW Daily, where I worked as a proofreader." title="Outside the newsroom of the UW Daily, where I worked as a proofreader." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 03 May 2009 07:10:41 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/IMG1757/527043589_tCWik-Th-1.jpg 2009-04-03 19:54:38 246da38c7faf405177023734ed0647a6 8449223dae8334e0947683a17482acf7 60a11cf662be5fc15c7d11470b9186f4 b942c7f41a3031d70b1228ffa58c6c42 eaa5cc8b567f2ba643a1355469f657cb 696da1673197d8ef48ccbf63a7da7d92 258679d1536cd57808e3c5304eb3a504 2c6e85c1172aca82284e7ff593f8f71c 8cab8f41a8163513e15aa524378d8d41 Outside the newsroom of the UW Daily, where I worked as a proofreader. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />Outside the newsroom of the UW Daily, where I worked as a proofreader.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/8087450_mSjSa#527043589_tCWik" title="Outside the newsroom of the UW Daily, where I worked as a proofreader."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/IMG1757/527043589_tCWik-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="86" alt="Outside the newsroom of the UW Daily, where I worked as a proofreader." title="Outside the newsroom of the UW Daily, where I worked as a proofreader." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/8087450_mSjSa#527043149_RLzgx <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />We visited the locks in Seattle.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/8087450_mSjSa#527043149_RLzgx" title="We visited the locks in Seattle."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/IMG1747/527043149_RLzgx-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="We visited the locks in Seattle." title="We visited the locks in Seattle." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 03 May 2009 07:09:50 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/IMG1747/527043149_RLzgx-Th.jpg 2009-04-03 18:29:25 ae05f7c2537f50ab7c730439051f359f 14d791ebaa80fdbeb8e5a454727bcfa9 b4a59a5e13548a18d94ff7549ce0e688 16711d3ff07d89ae92653cab89206117 4f224bcc3de80b49dc13fd2bbfeb1123 6380f4d258911b959f4f986642ad6098 8b446aa427e2de92b0501c13c1748553 c038274bde66e4a3e2a9ec4eb2b396f1 dd0c40a4c52382ea6daec0091d0f3067 We visited the locks in Seattle. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />We visited the locks in Seattle.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/8087450_mSjSa#527043149_RLzgx" title="We visited the locks in Seattle."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/IMG1747/527043149_RLzgx-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="We visited the locks in Seattle." title="We visited the locks in Seattle." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/8087450_mSjSa#527042730_LuW2f <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />Shirley's Kitchen is next to the ferry dock in Clinton, Washington.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/8087450_mSjSa#527042730_LuW2f" title="Shirley's Kitchen is next to the ferry dock in Clinton, Washington."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/IMG1726/527042730_LuW2f-Th.jpg" width="150" height="119" alt="Shirley's Kitchen is next to the ferry dock in Clinton, Washington." title="Shirley's Kitchen is next to the ferry dock in Clinton, Washington." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 03 May 2009 07:09:04 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/IMG1726/527042730_LuW2f-Th.jpg 2009-04-03 15:35:02 8f6b82ba97bd448cdb185adc24028375 4c1fdb28c55b51912332f39974b837a2 c474053598b853b27b5e3ea9618de55f 3e830b75159cf7493d9e3bead49f1679 aedb07286cb04e135615e99e3624a3ee ae6227f49e5dfb60f97c93b44fdb67b2 e8ffde9b2ea126df486ed8d31ba06126 8a2f7e1669a8ef7c9625ef75aaea1a2b 762b43f412d0734e29fb3fd8d1bc0c5e Shirley's Kitchen is next to the ferry dock in Clinton, Washington. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />Shirley's Kitchen is next to the ferry dock in Clinton, Washington.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/8087450_mSjSa#527042730_LuW2f" title="Shirley's Kitchen is next to the ferry dock in Clinton, Washington."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/IMG1726/527042730_LuW2f-Th.jpg" width="150" height="119" alt="Shirley's Kitchen is next to the ferry dock in Clinton, Washington." title="Shirley's Kitchen is next to the ferry dock in Clinton, Washington." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/8087450_mSjSa#527042092_HVQ9J <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />We collected amphipods in Port Townsend, then took the ferry the next morning to Whidbey Island.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/8087450_mSjSa#527042092_HVQ9J" title="We collected amphipods in Port Townsend, then took the ferry the next morning to Whidbey Island."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/IMG1724/527042092_HVQ9J-Th.jpg" width="110" height="150" alt="We collected amphipods in Port Townsend, then took the ferry the next morning to Whidbey Island." title="We collected amphipods in Port Townsend, then took the ferry the next morning to Whidbey Island." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 03 May 2009 07:07:56 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/IMG1724/527042092_HVQ9J-Th.jpg 2009-04-03 14:20:58 1b04885d3149d8f373c7cf005c0405a2 2626de93476eabb9c51bddfc64dac303 d8b24c5d3937aecbbccbee498137fba3 6fa98efba847ab82a79ea655444c18b7 906f17c1e559f8978da973480186c753 96b77a15ecfe1fc13d72b06a0e353806 0a24b6a73f6bcbef9b03c790cefc234d 97ba8bc574209da2e612279fbcad2125 bff9b8f4d7fd075cd9b676bf406fb694 We collected amphipods in Port Townsend, then took the ferry the next morning to Whidbey Island. <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />We collected amphipods in Port Townsend, then took the ferry the next morning to Whidbey Island.</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/8087450_mSjSa#527042092_HVQ9J" title="We collected amphipods in Port Townsend, then took the ferry the next morning to Whidbey Island."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/IMG1724/527042092_HVQ9J-Th.jpg" width="110" height="150" alt="We collected amphipods in Port Townsend, then took the ferry the next morning to Whidbey Island." title="We collected amphipods in Port Townsend, then took the ferry the next morning to Whidbey Island." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/8087450_mSjSa#527041522_Zp2Xx <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />From Tillamook, we drove to Westport, Washington, where I dug amphipods out of the sand. We spent the night in Ocean Shores. The next day we looked for amphipods in Port Angeles and some oth ...</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/8087450_mSjSa#527041522_Zp2Xx" title="From Tillamook, we drove to Westport, Washington, where I dug amphipods out of the sand. We spent the night in Ocean Shores. The next day we looked for amphipods in Port Angeles and some oth ..."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/IMG1723/527041522_Zp2Xx-Th.jpg" width="108" height="150" alt="From Tillamook, we drove to Westport, Washington, where I dug amphipods out of the sand. We spent the night in Ocean Shores. The next day we looked for amphipods in Port Angeles and some oth ..." title="From Tillamook, we drove to Westport, Washington, where I dug amphipods out of the sand. We spent the night in Ocean Shores. The next day we looked for amphipods in Port Angeles and some oth ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel Sun, 03 May 2009 07:06:52 -0700 nobody@smugmug.com (johnmcdonald) http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/IMG1723/527041522_Zp2Xx-Th.jpg 2009-04-02 19:13:57 146c76b4607f25f29a186695d7535d5c ffa98811d2043dbfa874ffd55a3f5e85 5c20518c539b3f413b3936426c33bb90 12d99cde7cfbc143fdd7159c8bcfea88 988de5975d7b2a04b859996c0df079a8 35de259aba02d366d2854568157e4806 cae87aeaa4c0c31a95a850368484b941 f26425b5a8261f8dfe19647feddb1396 63661632a214b60ebf82913dc0c71981 From Tillamook, we drove to Westport, Washington, where I dug amphipods out of the sand. We spent the night in Ocean Shores. The next day we looked for amphipods in Port Angeles and some oth ... <p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com">johnmcdonald</a><br />From Tillamook, we drove to Westport, Washington, where I dug amphipods out of the sand. We spent the night in Ocean Shores. The next day we looked for amphipods in Port Angeles and some oth ...</p><p><a href="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/8087450_mSjSa#527041522_Zp2Xx" title="From Tillamook, we drove to Westport, Washington, where I dug amphipods out of the sand. We spent the night in Ocean Shores. The next day we looked for amphipods in Port Angeles and some oth ..."><img src="http://johnmcdonald.smugmug.com/Travel/Oregon-and-Washington-2009/IMG1723/527041522_Zp2Xx-Th.jpg" width="108" height="150" alt="From Tillamook, we drove to Westport, Washington, where I dug amphipods out of the sand. We spent the night in Ocean Shores. The next day we looked for amphipods in Port Angeles and some oth ..." title="From Tillamook, we drove to Westport, Washington, where I dug amphipods out of the sand. We spent the night in Ocean Shores. The next day we looked for amphipods in Port Angeles and some oth ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> Travel johnmcdonald johnmcdonald