What to see in eastern oregon
Awesome Oregon Road Trip: Exploring Eastern Oregon
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howdy folks I'm driving along here in
Eastern Oregon just a little ways north
of Byrnes
I left my brother's house in the ground
yesterday this is his truck I'm driving
it I've done a few different boring and
road trips
Oregon is really amazing as he just saw
and it is not all nice lush green forest
but there's plenty of varied landscapes
of all types including fawn desert so
this is going to be fun little trip I
have a few more to three more days left
I left yesterday late in the afternoon
and then camp last night just a few
minutes northern here
it was very stormy there was lightning
Oh check out these awesome views here
yesterday was stormy and ended up
raining on me last night
but as you can see today is looking
pretty nice it's gonna be fun little
adventure so here we go
check this out I'm just off the road
down there just saw this really cool
sort of plateau area going through this
valley that obviously a river cut
through and I thought that I would just
pull over and do a little short hike
here maybe get up on top of that rock
platform up there get the view if I can
this is really awesome territory I love
this dry sagebrush nice wide-open sort
of landscapes I don't exactly have the
best Footwear on at the moment
got my sandals on I got shoes in the in
the truck but just thought that I'd put
up with the stuff getting in my feet and
everything for the sake of being a
little bit cooler and here I'm at the
top where it's a little bit windy
and here's the thriving metropolis of
Bern Dorgan I'm looking for some lunch
and hopefully a milkshake metal find one
all right so I'm here at the
intersection of Highway 205 and Steen's
mountain loop which heads on out that
way up into the Steen's mountains behind
me here is the little town of French
Glen bear leaving a town just a hotel a
kind of old fancy looking hotel there
the French Glen hotel so I think I'm
gonna head up that gravel road there
here's the map so let's see here is
French Glen up here is burned where I
came from and where I had the burger and
fries and did indeed find a milkshake
very delicious strawberry milkshake and
headed on down this way and then here is
that loop that Steen's Mountain loop
that heads over here wraps around and
then comes back to this highway 205 that
I'm on these red triangles were
campground that's campground campground
campground campground so I think I'm
going to drive out there tonight say one
of these campgrounds right here stay
there for a night maybe to do some
hiking around here and then finish the
loop and then head back north after that
on Friday or Saturday Sara looking
forward to it
from here doesn't look too interesting
it's kind of just rolling hills but the
Steen's mountains are supposed to be
pretty nice so hopefully within 10 or 15
miles they'll start looking a little bit
more spectacular me Chelsea here we are
coming to a pretty forested area
and the campground is just ahead
all right
officially
recreation sites self-service pay
station here we are eight bucks not bad
think I'll stay here for the night the
sun's going down here
I just hiked up from the campground just
down there get a little better view and
watch the Sun going down check out the
landscapes so the road continues right
up there and then goes up and around and
then comes back somewhere out that way
it's not exactly what I was expecting I
was thinking more you know majestic
looking peaks but that sign said that
the peaks are almost 10,000 feet so I'm
not sure what the elevation is here it
it must be higher than then it seems or
else maybe there's going to be some
higher peaks you know once I get here
tomorrow once I'm driving up the road
we'll see but anyways it's really pretty
you
so I drove up the road a little ways
from the campground and then came to a
junction
took a left there just went a short ways
to a parking lot there and then there's
this little trail coming out this way
apparently I'm at like somewhere between
eight and nine thousand feet it's kind
of a trip because it doesn't feel like
it it's just these tiny little hills I
was kind of looking for something a
little bit more spectacular okay a
little bit let down here I was hoping to
see something kind of you know majestic
magnificent something uh something you
know kind of amazing Oh check it out oh
well that's pretty cool haha so I didn't
expect to see this as I said I drove at
the road there was a sign that said
Tiger viewpoint 1/4 mile or a quarter
mile so I drove out to the end of the
road park there and here we go Tiger
Gorge pretty amazing most of this area
is indeed kind of you know just hellish
looking but worth the drive out you're
for sure absolutely amazing there's a
sign over there that explains that it's
a glacially carved out valley which is
you know pretty pretty obvious perfect
like u-shaped there really awesome so
not so bad for just driving up a road
and coming across a massive Gorge like
this pretty cool alright I think I'm
going to do a little hiking around see
what else I see
so the views get even better check this
out
so here's Kiger gorge I was previously
across the canyon there somewhere over
there and then here's a another view
looking down into the canyon and then
take a look at this looking even further
down into the lower elevations the
extreme desert out there as you can see
totally barren so as I understand it
then this part of southeastern Oregon is
part of the Great Basin region of Nevada
and Utah
maybe southern Idaho and so as you can
see from here it looks very similar just
totally desolate desert but with some
hills and things out there and some kind
of a green agricultural area there I
could see a plane a little while ago
flying down there kind of a trip to be
up above the plains but man what a view
definitely puts things in perspective
so it just came down from there it isn't
as bad as it looks though is actually
pretty easy and things just keep getting
more amazing here just going to hike on
over to another lookout here this trail
must head on out that way up that Ridge
because the hikers that I talked to
earlier said that they hiked along this
way so it isn't really much of a visible
trail but anyway pretty awesome man oh
man
check it out
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check it out is some kind of a predator
bird there I'm guessing some kind of a
hawk awesome
southeastern Oregon at about 9700 feet
absolutely stunning
this is wild horse Lake it's about a two
mile hike down that trail there you can
see it switching back there and on down
I just walked a short ways down from the
parking lot right there so I think I'm
going to save my legs and just enjoy the
view from here
another incredible shot of one of the
spectacular valleys here on Steen's
Mountain Wow well this definitely ended
up being a little bit more interesting
that I was expecting pretty amazing and
quite a little trip here all right take
care thanks for watching
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