Meandering Along the John Day by bmac62
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...everywhere we went in Eastern Oregon we were never far from something named after John Day. Here's a view of one little segment of the river named after him.
...The John Day River is a tributary of the Columbia River, approximately 281 miles (452 km) long, in northeastern Oregon in the United States. Undammed along its entire length, the river is the third longest free-flowing river in the conterminous United States.
...The river was named for John Day, a member of the Astor Expedition, an overland expedition to the mouth of the Columbia River that left from St. Louis, Missouri, in 1810. Day wandered lost through this part of Oregon in the winter of 1811-12...
Bill
"He Who Waits"
Comments (32)
tennesseecowgirl
beautiful, to put it mildly. It looks as if you were flying over.
0rest4wicked
Great image of the serenity of eastern Oregon. Did you visit the little town of Fossil?