SkyWatch Friday: Terrebone to Madras

In June, on our way to Washington, I took these pictures out the window of the scenery from Terrebone to Madras, on HWY 97 in Central Oregon.  I haven't been that way since, but recently wildfires burned for three plus weeks in this very area.  I'm not sure if the land looks the same from the highway or not, but it was very pretty when we went through.  Several times this week, this very highway was closed a few miles north, on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation  due to a still raging wildfire.

Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

Smith Rock State Park is in the distance.

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

Terrebone, Oregon

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

Going down the valley toward Madras.

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

Beautiful farmland on the high desert.

 Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

Madras, Oregon.  The city of thrift shops, for one thing.  I've never seen so many in one place.

Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy ~ Kathy Matthews

Mt. Jefferson

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