Baker City, OR

After spending a leisurely day yesterday at the RV Park playing cribbage with John & Mary and just relaxing we headed south on ID 55 this morning. Driving through the valley we passed herds of cattle grazing on the lush grass.
Leaving the valley and entering the Packer John State Forest the tree covered mountains were absolutely beautiful with the morning sun shining on them.









After topping the mountains at about 5600 ft. we traveled along the white water rapids of the Payette River as we descended to an elevation of 2500 ft. About 1/2 way down we left the forested mountains and traveled through grass covered mountain grazing lands before turning west at Horseshoe Bend on ID 52. As we neared the town of Emmett we suddenly entered into flat rich irrigated farm lands where we saw sugar beets, corn, onions and msc other crops being grown. We entered Oregon at mile marker 356 on I-84 and soon after heading north we left the fertile fields and began travelling up & down long hills covered with dry brown grass. At mile marker 302 (Baker City) we turned off and went to the Oregon Trail Interpretive center where we spent 3 hrs viewing the displays about the Oregon Trail. We also saw two very informative films about the Donner expedition and the entire passage of the Oregon Trail. Tonight we are at the Oregon Trails RV Park at Baker City