Shadow Shot Sunday October 27, 2013

Picture Gorge, John Day, Oregon October 26, 2013

One of my favorite rides....

Heading west out of John Day, Oregon

on Hwy 26 is Picture Gorge.

Amazing  natural beauty...

I never, ever tire of this drive.

Hwy 26 Tamaracks 

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Energy and It's Visual Cost

This past weekend we drove over to Central and Eastern Oregon.

Every year we go to the BMW John Day Rally.

I love the drive going up the Columbia Gorge

and then over to John Day via Biggs Junction.

I love winding through this gorgeous part of the world

and until this year I have even enjoyed seeing the windmills.

Slightly reminiscent of surreal art they added an interesting

dimension to the landscape in their own quirky way.

However, this year I wasn't so entertained and was actually

rather taken aback at how many windmills now fill the sky

and cover the land. I am not so sure how

I feel about these windmills and this approach to

alternative energy sources. What do you think? Take a look:

Photo taken at Service Creek Restaurant near Fossil, Oregon.

No windmills here....

On highway 7 going from John Day, Oregon to Baker City, Oregon.
We drove over one day to visit friends while staying in John Day.
No windmills here.

Returning to Lake Oswego we drove back up highway 19 to Biggs Junction.
This is Cathedral Rock, part of the John Day Fossil Beds.
http://johndayfossilbeds.areaparks.com/

Still on Highway 19-lovely curvy road

OOPS.... Approaching Condon Oregon
the plethora of windmaills begins

I do understand the need for alternative energy

plus the boost to this areas economy.

However, I am dismayed by the visual blight.

And this is just the beginning of the hundreds we saw on our way home.

I'd rather see this panorama ...............

June Wrap Up

It's been a few weeks since I have put anything

new on my blog-where does the time go?

Well......I flew to Denver yesterday for

a week long visit with good friends and family....

Before I left I delivered July's arrangement to

Blue Sky Gallery in the Pearl District-

I taped some leaves onto some bamboo , then

sprayed blue paint on them and then dabbed some

white paint over the blue to make clouds...

Added to them one tall millet stalk and voila!

A "flower" arrangement that will last for a month!

Last week we went over to John Day and Baker City.

We visited friends in Baker City and admired

the huge mural that our friend Tom Novak had

painted with the high school kids helping.

It is a memorial for one of the teachers who had taught

at the high school.

Here's the link to his web site:

http://www.novakstudio.com/

Then we were in JOhn Day for the annnual BMWRO Rally

that takes place every 3rd weekend in June.

The city of John Day opens up with their generous

hospitality and good humor. We always have a good time

there camping at the fairgrounds.....this photo is of the

Thursday night wine tasting.

About 800 people came to the Rally this year.

This photo was taken at a little park in John Day



Earlier this month we drove down to the Medford
area to look at potential real estate in Jacksonville.....



We looked at houses in Ashland......


and wine tasted in Jacksonville.....



So far this month has been a blast!!!!!
This last photo is of me shooting a black powder muzzle loader!

Panorama photos

I am just learning how to "stitch" panorama
photos and post to my blog!


The first image here is the
John Day Fairgrounds
where some folks camped last weekend
when we were there for the BMW rally.










This photo is of the Painted Hills outside of Mitchell Oregon.

Sonshine B and B in John Day Oregon

After a gorgeous scenic drive up the Columbia River Gorge and over to John Day via Biggs junction that takes you through Wasco via Hwy 206, and onto Hwy 19 through Condon, Mayville, Fossil, Service Creek (where you can have tasty hamburgers), Spray, Kimberly,past Sheep Rock and onto highway 26 past Dayville and Mt Vernon ...finally arriving 5 hours later in John Day. I love the drive. Hardly any traffic and far preferable to Hwy 26 over Mt Hood where one has to endure RV's slowly inching up the road!



Pausing on a bridge under construction.


Finally arriving at our
preferred destination in John Day!



www.sonshinebedandbreakfast.com


An oasis of calm on a busy weekend!







Yummy breakfast! Fruit, juice, coffee and eggs and bacon!
Warm rice pudding!Breakfast of Champions!