Where in Oregon?

Brentwood Kebab!

A
Brentwood Kebab!

  • 1
  • 1
  • 61
Summer Lady

A
Summer Lady

  • 2
  • 1
  • 84
DINO Acting Up !

A
DINO Acting Up !

  • 2
  • 0
  • 47
What Have They Seen?

A
What Have They Seen?

  • 0
  • 0
  • 63
Lady With Attitude !

A
Lady With Attitude !

  • 0
  • 0
  • 53

Forum statistics

Threads
198,773
Messages
2,780,692
Members
99,701
Latest member
XyDark
Recent bookmarks
0

Loose Gravel

Member
Joined
Feb 28, 2003
Messages
963
Location
Santa Barbar
This is a longshot. I've been wondering for years where I was when I saw this canyon. I was about 12 years old. My family was out driving around the West. We might have been headed for Baker Oregon (from California) as we had relates there. Anyway, it was hot, we were in the middle of nowhere, nothing but dirt and sagebrush and a two-lane road. We stopped and there in this nowhere was a canyon, not very wide, but really deep. A little creek had cut the lava flow. I threw a couple of rocks in and off we went. I've asked my dad where this was and he thinks it was out by Bend. I've been to Bend and haven't seen it.

Does this make sense to any Oregonians out there?

Thanks.
 

Dave Parker

Member
Joined
Aug 14, 2004
Messages
4,031
Format
Multi Format
It is on the warm springs indian reservation on Hwy 26, about halfway between government camp and Madras..

If I remember correctly, it goes over the warm springs river.

Dave
 
OP
OP
Loose Gravel

Loose Gravel

Member
Joined
Feb 28, 2003
Messages
963
Location
Santa Barbar
Thanks Satinsnow. I'm head up there this summer and if I get close, I'll check that out.

On the same trip, we went to an 'old folks home'. It was out in the country, too. Might have been in SE Washington. There was a small lake beside the place that had a hot spring on one side. Ring any bells?
 

Kirk Keyes

Member
Joined
Jun 17, 2004
Messages
3,234
Location
Portland, OR
Format
4x5 Format
If the highway went over a bridge right next to where you stopped, you are probably talking about the Crooked River Gorge. Highway 97 crosses the gorge about 10 miles north of Redmond, which is a little north of Bend. It's on the main road from Bend to Portland, the road also skirts the south flank of Mt. Hood. It's not on the Warm Springs Reservation.

Try this link: Dead Link Removed

See the 1967 movie "The Way West" with Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum, Sally Field, and Jack Elam. The pioneers in this movie lower their wagons down the gorge and then pull them back up the other side. Not a great movie, but fairly entertaining, especially if you've been to the Crooked River Gorge.

Kirk - www.keyesphoto.com
 

Dave Parker

Member
Joined
Aug 14, 2004
Messages
4,031
Format
Multi Format
Kirk,

You may be correct, but it sure sounds like the bridge on the warm spring river on the reservation, I have photographed many times in that area when I was growing up in Oregon and washington, it would be interesting to see which one it actually is, based on the description, it could be either one.

Dave
 
Photrio.com contains affiliate links to products. We may receive a commission for purchases made through these links.
To read our full affiliate disclosure statement please click Here.

PHOTRIO PARTNERS EQUALLY FUNDING OUR COMMUNITY:



Ilford ADOX Freestyle Photographic Stearman Press Weldon Color Lab Blue Moon Camera & Machine
Top Bottom