From British Columbia, Canada our next stop would be the state of Oregon, USA. We entered Oregon by crossing the Columbia River at the Plymouth/Umatilla bridge, near Hermiston. Picking up I-84 we followed the Columbia River westward.
Along the way we started seeing glimpses of snow-topped Mt Hood...Oregon's highest peak at 11,239 ft.
Eventually we turned south on hwy 97, driving through the high desert on the east side of the Cascade Range. "Back in Time" scenic highway 97 led us through small towns and grasslands. Near Shaniko was a sign "you are at the 45th parallel:1/2 way between the equator and the north pole."
At Sisters, OR we turned west again, following hwy 20: "Over the River & Thru the Woods" scenic highway. This road took us into the Cascades and over Santiam Pass (4800 ft elevation), then 11 miles of a 6% downgrade into the McKenzie River valley. We drove by large moss covered trees, over hills & around lots of curves.
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