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| Malheur National Wildlife Refuge |
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| Frenchglen |
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| Round Barn |
Burns - Not much to say about the drive from Winnemucca to Burns except to say that it was uneventful. Once in Burns we visited the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge and the small "very" town of Frenchglen. Included in the sights was the Roundbarn that was built in the early 1890's by Peter French. The barn had a stable in the middle and a track around the stable that was used to train and exercise draft horses in the winter. Peter French, who was financed by Dr. Glenn, brought 1200 head of cattle up from California in 1872 and proceeded to buy land until by 1897 he had 150,000 acres. Unfortunately everyone did not like his methods and in 1897 he was shot and killed by a small rancher who felt he had been wronged by French.
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| Wild mustangs @ BLM corral |
Our other point of interest in Burns was a visit to the BLM wild mustang corrals. Hopefully most of this horses will be adopted.
LaGrande - A beautiful drive from Burns to LaGrande and then another beautiful drive, on an unimproved forest service road, that got us stuck in a snow drift. We tried to take the scenic loop to Joseph and about 30 miles outside of LaGrande and at about 5,000' elevation we got stuck. I am no help at that elevation and bless Rick's heart he tried for over an hour to free us. About the time that I wanted to call for help a Jeep, that was equipped with a winch, came to our rescue - I was very, very happy.
Joseph - We made it to Joseph, on the improved highway, today. Not a sunny day but warm enough to enjoy driving up to the lake, stop at Old Chief Joseph' gravesite and cemetery and then back to Joseph to enjoy the sights.
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| Old Chief Joseph' s gravesite |
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| Wallowa Lake & Mountains |
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| Joseph |
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