a moment of stillness
location: owyhee canyonlands season: spring backstory: when i first moved to this area i began exploring around john day: strawberry mountains, john day fossil beds, aldrich and dixie mountains, and the john day river. it felt like a whole new world to explore. as i talked with more locals, the steens were often mentioned. heading south of burns, oregon extended my range significantly. then, a few people talked about the owyhee. the owyhee canyonlands extend from south of the oregon/nevada state line north along the eastern oregon border almost to ontario. it's isolated, rugged and it takes something extra to get there. just my kind of place. the owyhee river flows this entire distance to the 50 mile long reservoir at the north end. this scene is at leslie gulch at th...