Part 3 Dayville, John Day Fossil Beds | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| This was the playground/park/town RV park in Mitchell, Oregon. We were going to stay the night, but decided it looked a little run down. It had some interesting playground equipment, though. | Walking up to the school (still functioning) in Dayville | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| One of the many abandoned houses in Dayville | The campground in Dayville had immaculately manicured lawns. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| At the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument - the John Day River | Hiking up the Blue Basin trail | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Lots of fossils in these hills! |     We had a picnic lunch in the shade at the ranch house. It was so nice to see some green! |     We were going to go east towards the town of John Day, but there were forest fires. So, we went up on highway 207, and spent the night at the Morrow County OHV (Off Highway Vehicle) park. The facilities were good, and people were very friendly. | There was a restaurant at the campground which had this backhoe shovel made into a stove. |  Surprisingly, they let us make campfires, even though there were so many forest fires around. We were very careful. | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||