Miles: 88ish
I have lots of photos for today so I think I'll let them speak for themselves. We had a rather uneventful ride to Sisters in the morning, where we enjoyed some excellent kombucha & lunch at a little cafe. Then we headed up McKenzie pass, where we found the most bizarre landscape waiting for us. We dodges storms all day but luckily bever for poured on!
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| At the top of the mountain, we arrived in Mordor |
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| The Ovservatory |
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| Definitely Mordor |
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| At the top of the observatory |
During our 3000 foot drop to the other side of the mountain, we experienced an entirely different landscape: lush green trees coated with moss.
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| Ahhhhhh |
Is the difference between Mordor and the lush forest simply the amount of moisture? Altitude? What makes for this division -- are both in the same volcanic soil, I wonder?
ReplyDeleteIt's really a matter of moisture; one side of the Cascades vs. The other. And the volcanic rock is just something that is mostly at the top, along the ridge line.
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