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Article: Short hikes reveal fascinating John Day Fossil Beds.(Recreation)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- May 26, 2002
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Byline: Oregon trails by William Sullivan For The Register-Guard
WHERE TO GO on a free weekend? With summer knocking at the door, I'm suffering from cabin fever. My wife, Janell, is suffering from allergies.
The trails of the high Cascades are still buried in snow, and lower trails near Eugene are awash in grass pollen. So we're heading for the sunnier skies and clearer air east of the mountains, where both of us can breathe deeply.
A good goal on the dry side of the mountains is the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, four hours east of Eugene.
The area's fossils and colorful "painted hills" resulted from the creation of the ...