They say a picture is worth a thousand
words.
Located between French Glen and Plush
in the Hart Mountain Antelope Refuge in south western Oregon the Hart
Mountain
Hot
Spring is an oasis in the middle of nowhere, and a welcome refuge
in the wilderness to wash off some of that desert dust. We spent a
few days at the base of the Steens Mountains fairly close to
Frenchglen, and were making the 80 mile trek across the desert to
Plush, a so-called town that has a
Store/Gas
Station/Bar combo.
But Plush is no ordinary place, it's
the last place for gas and supplies before embarking on the
washboarded
road to the sunstone mines. Sunstones can also be collected for
free on Federally owned land managed by the BLM. Here is a
treasure
map so you can find your very own trinkets. We camped out in the
desert and picked up stones for an entire day.
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| On the Steens Mountain road |
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| On the Steens Mountain road |
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| A dry lake bed |
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| Hart Mountain Hot Spring pool |
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| Hart Mountain Hot Spring |
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| Hart Mountain Hot Spring pool |
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| The desert can be beautiful |
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| Entering the Refuge |
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| An Antelope |
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| The road down to Plush |
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| The road down to Plush |
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| A flat just as we hit pavement |
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| Finally at the sunstones |
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| The ground is full of them |
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| My treasure |
