My background with deserts ranges from the basalt-dominated geology of eastern Washington and eastern Oregon, to arid valleys of eastern California, and down into carved sandstone of Arizona, Utah, Nevada and New Mexico.
As a life-long resident of western Washington State, I am most familiar with the world of “green and wet”. Thus, I find the “orange and dry” deserts of the Southwest to be a polar opposite world full of new adventure and photographic opportunities.
The rivers running through eastern Oregon deserts make for great paddling adventures.
GRANDE RONDE River – 7 Days – Minam to Heller Bar by PACKRAFT & CANOE
GRANDE RONDE River – 4 Days by PACKRAFT
JOHN DAY River – 5 Days by PACKRAFT & CANOE