Eastern Oregon

The John Day River drains the west side of the Blue Mountains in Eastern Oregon. It eventually flows into the Columbia River.

Water from the river provides fertile farm and pastureland.

Eastern Oregon is generally dry, arid, and sparsely populated.

The Strawberry Mountains rise to over 9,000 feet in Eastern Oregon.

Sheep Rock, in the distance, is part of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument.

Sage brush is abundant in Eastern Oregon.

Long Creek is in a picturesque, fertile valley, at over 4,000 feet elevation. It is in a remote location on Hwy. 395 in Eastern Oregon.

Junipers dot the pastureland in the Long Creek Valley.

Sunset over the Long Creek Valley.