Oregon's Dry Side: Exploring East of the Cascade Crest

Oregon's Dry Side: Exploring East of the Cascade Crest by St. John, Alan D.. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780881928297.

Come explore the sights, sounds, scents, and stories of Oregons dry side, the stunning, vast, arid East, which is the states true West. Here are the volcanic mountains and mysterious fossils, vanilla-scented ponderosa pines, painted desert colors, wild creatures large and small, rugged wildflowers, remote outposts, and rich history reaching back to prehistoric times. Your expert guide is Alan D. St. John, naturalist, photographer, native Oregonian, and lifetime dry-side explorer who shares it all, including — and this is generous indeed — some of his own little-known favorite places. Also a broad field guide to eastern Oregon, this treasure of a book shows the regions flora and fauna and dramatic geology in gorgeous photographs.