La Grande, OR Scenic Tour - Oct. 18th

[hutchman]

Rock Toy and the missus, Rubicon Rod and myself left the McDonalds in La Grande about 0915 after deciding where to go. Ron, Donna, and Rod:



Rock Toy's Blazer:



Rod's Rubicon - I rode with Rod rather than take a chance with a tire problem on the truck:



We did have a change of plan however and instead of going down around Baker City, we headed up into the Wallowa Mountains around Mt. Harris. It was a hazy day, but the views were still spectacular from the first stop:





The road from whence we came:



And the road yet to be traveled:



This is not a very good picture, but the there were many different colors in the forest - and several shades of green:



Rod on the rocks at Prominence Point (I think that is right):



More of the road yet to be traveled:



This was a scenic tour and we had no really tough 4wd situations, however we did hit some mud that would have most likely stopped the average front driver........

Now for the scenery, we stopped for lunch at a FS Fire watch tower along FS Road 6220. This was worth the trip for the views from here.........









And don't ever let 'em tell you there is no such thing as bigfoot........we got a picture.........!



This forest must be full of food as this specimen has already taken on his fat for the winter............! :laugh:

It was a great day and we met some great people. Ron and Donna, it was a pleasure and I hope we can do it again in the near future. Thanks to Rod for hauling me around!

Almost forgot.......we found a little Jeep history on the way down the hill.........



It's a 46 2A with a ..........



....yep a real 283. It started on the first hole and sounded just like an old Chevy is supposed to sound!



Call the owner Ron if you are interested. He wanted me to know he is a wheeler Dealer, so he would probably take any "interesting" trade! I have more pictures here if you want to see more:

Hutch : photos : Mt Harris 10-18-2008- powered by SmugMug

[RidgeRunner]

Very nice report & pix. And what a find with that sweet jeep. I'll bet that's a good one.

Mick