Mt. Vernon, OR to Ochoco Divide Campground at Ochoco Pass - 80.9 miles
Continuing through the desert today the temps rose steadily into the high 90's again today. A steady climb of 2,000 ft. across 25 miles wasn't so bad, especially with the cooler temps of the morning. Passing through the John Day Fossil sites we found ourselves crusing through carved revines in the mountains...
It was like a scene out of Indiana Jones, Raiders of the Lost Ark. The terrain was gorgeous with an array of colors panning through the layers of rock that the roads cut through. Each layer, millions of years old, represented by different shades of red, brown, orange, pink, purple... As the day moved on, so did we, moving up from the town of Mitchell at 2795ft on up to the top of Ochoco Pass - 4720ft.
It was one heck of a climb, and the heat.... well.... we've gotten used to it by now. Camping at the top of the pass was great with the climate changing the terrain drastically from what we've been used to lately... the desert. Tall lush pines hundreds of feet tall with moss and dense tree cover everywhere. The stars tonight we're unbelievable... maybe the best yet... maybe.
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