My wife and I have been out flinging ourselves through time and
space again. We made another wild dash through Eastern Oregon. Four days
and roughly a thousand miles. I could easily spend four days in many of
the places we passed through in under 4 hours. We collected some nice
leaf and pine fossils from Fossil OR, from millions of years ago. Back
when that area was wetter and had more vegetation. We collected some
nice Oolitic agates, or Fish egg agates from BLM land near the Malhuer Wildlife reserve. They aren?t really ?agates? and they are not fossils.
They are formed by rapid wave action in shallow seas over a long period
of time. Some of the best specimens look like clusters of fish eggs.
This was back in the days when the Cascade mountains hadn?t arrived in
Oregon yet and the wind patterns were a lot wilder. The experts say that ?agates? have bands of color because they are formed by mineral rich hot water flowing through volcanoes over a long period of time. That area is
a beautiful mix of desert and wetlands now. We did find a few agates and
a lot of other pretty rocks around the John Day river and the Columbia
river. We found a few fossils in those places too.
As you would expect there hasn?t been a lot of change out there
since our visit last year. We did have an opportunity to see some of the things we had to skip last summer. The maga restaurant in John Day is up
for sale now. The owner wants to retire. It?s only open for 4 days, for
the dinner hours now. I highly recommend the Wheeler county Historic
museum in John Day. The historic jail at the museum was stolen from
another county out there. The museum proudly admits this. It?s a hoot. I
also recommend the museum/cultural center for the indigenous tribes in
that area near Pendelton. It?s behind their casino, which we didn?t
visit.
An online friend of my wife?s mentioned that if she drove that
many miles from Britain she would be in a different country. Well yeah.
We barely left Oregon for side trip to the Saint James Monastery?s
Bakery, on the other side of the river. The food and coffee draw us in
every time. They have a lot of Greek food that you generally don?t find anywhere, out in the middle of nowhere. It looks like it?s working for
them. The bakery is obviously successful.
We looked at the Columbia river where the Celilo falls had been
before the dams were built. There is more than one old town under water
out there now. I remember having lunch in one of them a long time ago.
We found some pretty rocks there and one or two fossils.
The folks out there speak a slightly different version of my
native language,
TB
My wife and I have been out flinging ourselves through time and
space again. We made another wild dash through Eastern Oregon. Four days
and roughly a thousand miles. I could easily spend four days in many of
the places we passed through in under 4 hours. We collected some nice
leaf and pine fossils from Fossil OR, from millions of years ago. Back
when that area was wetter and had more vegetation. We collected some
nice Oolitic agates, or Fish egg agates from BLM land near the Malhuer Wildlife reserve. They aren?t really ?agates? and they are not fossils.
They are formed by rapid wave action in shallow seas over a long period
of time. Some of the best specimens look like clusters of fish eggs.
This was back in the days when the Cascade mountains hadn?t arrived in
Oregon yet and the wind patterns were a lot wilder. The experts say that ?agates? have bands of color because they are formed by mineral rich hot water flowing through volcanoes over a long period of time. That area is
a beautiful mix of desert and wetlands now. We did find a few agates and
a lot of other pretty rocks around the John Day river and the Columbia
river. We found a few fossils in those places too.
As you would expect there hasn?t been a lot of change out there
since our visit last year. We did have an opportunity to see some of the things we had to skip last summer. The maga restaurant in John Day is up
for sale now. The owner wants to retire. It?s only open for 4 days, for
the dinner hours now.
I highly recommend the Wheeler county Historic
museum in John Day. The historic jail at the museum was stolen from
another county out there. The museum proudly admits this. It?s a hoot. I
also recommend the museum/cultural center for the indigenous tribes in
that area near Pendelton. It?s behind their casino, which we didn?t
visit.
An online friend of my wife?s mentioned that if she drove that
many miles from Britain she would be in a different country. Well yeah.
We barely left Oregon for side trip to the Saint James Monastery?s
Bakery, on the other side of the river. The food and coffee draw us in
every time. They have a lot of Greek food that you generally don?t find anywhere, out in the middle of nowhere. It looks like it?s working for
them. The bakery is obviously successful.
We looked at the Columbia river where the Celilo falls had been
before the dams were built. There is more than one old town under water
out there now. I remember having lunch in one of them a long time ago.
We found some pretty rocks there and one or two fossils.
The folks out there speak a slightly different version of my
native language, and it is a lot like visiting a different country.
TB
In article <iOx1O.1752$xkI.871@fx09.iad>, redydog@rye.net says...
As you would expect there hasn?t been a lot of change out there
since our visit last year. We did have an opportunity to see some of the >>> things we had to skip last summer. The maga restaurant in John Day is up >>> for sale now. The owner wants to retire. It?s only open for 4 days, for
the dinner hours now.
Well that's appropriate for a MAGA eatery.....since Trump is in court
for only 4 days a week. They can talk about the trial during dinner.
eh, It wasn't open while we were there, so I wouldn't know about
that. By cutting the restaurant's hours to 20 per week
the owner was
probably able to cut her work hours down to around 40 per week. This way
she can keep the restaurant open while she prays for a maga buyer who
isn't good at math. One side of her reader board says the country is
being screwed by Biden. The other side says that orange jesus is their
only hope. Even out there there is a progressive element in the
population. From what she says on her website I'm guessing that her
children grew up working in the restaurant, and they all found better
jobs.
We did see a proudly maga family in the pleasant little restaurant where we had dinner. They looked like poster children for why cousins shouldn't marry cousins.
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