Hell’s Canyon Dam

There is not much water access unless you have a boat. We did find one small spot to cool off in the Snake River (no snakes). We were in Oregon, but only because we crossed the dam. The road to get here is in Idaho!

Welcome to Idaho!

Oregon Trail Memorial

It was too hot to get out of the car so it’s just the monument.

Oregon Trail Ruts

They say there are wagon ruts here but we had trouble seeing it. 

Obviously other people had trouble seeing it too!

Oregon Trail Interpretive Center, Baker City, OR

An interesting spot with an old mine and replicas of the wagon trains that traveled the Oregon Trail.

It would be a slow, hot ride 

The old mine. Apparently there was a gold boom in the 1860’s.

Circle the wagons!

Those are some happy travelers!

Covered wagon monument

Information stop built as a tribute to the Oregon Trail travelers. We’ve been here before…

Check out the photos from the last time we were here.

Dayville, OR

We have been this way before. In 2015 we stayed in the tiny town of Mitchell Oregon. There was a café that had awesome burgers and even better milkshakes. We passed through again primarily for the milkshakes, but the café was closed. There’s more in the tiny town now than there used to be, but no options for lunch without sitting outside in 105°. We decided to push on and ended up in Dayville at the café. The food was great and we had a delicious peanut butter milkshake. Not quite as showy as Mitchell, but just as good.