10/11 Heading East through Bend and Mountains

There is a big jump in time between my last post and this one because I had some medical appointments to take care of, and frankly, just got lazy once I came down with the shingles.  

Anyway, enough time in Oregon and the weather is getting bad, so it was time to get on the road and head east to Michigan and Ohio.  It will take me about two weeks of driving to make this 2,400 mile "repositioning."  The first part was to drive over the Cascades to Bend and then continue on to Idaho. Frankly, I think I got out of town just in time, considering the snow on the hills. 

Past the city of Bend, you enter a very dry area that is in the rain "shadow"  of the Cascades.  It may look like a lot of the same thing, but there are always surprises.

Notice how little traffic there is on parts of my travels?  It really makes it nice because I can slow down without accumulating a string of vehicles behind me.  There have also been times when I almost stop to take photos through my windshield. 

My next stop will be Twin Falls, ID.  I finally feel as if I am making some progress.