Wallowa-Whitman National Forest Sunrise

After a weekend of visiting Ghost Towns in the area, notably Sumpter, Bourne, Granite, Cabell City and the Ah-Hee Diggings, we were dry camping in a huge field along an old logging road in the Wallowa-Whiteman National Forest.

Woken up by early morning birds, the distant snuffling of free range cattle, and the first peeks of sun rays into the tent, we got up early. This turned out to be pretty lucky as we got to watch the sun rise over the hills, deer wander along the sides of the road, and listen to rivers trickle over rocks.

This was from the first farm we came across after going down the hill. Periodically groups of 4 to 5 deer would run across this field from one hiding spot to another.

Further on we passed back into the forest. The road parallels this river for quite a ways.

This is the Grande Ronde River, along the Ukiah-Hillgard Highway (Highway 224.)