Same spot as below but looking down river (west)

Near Gresham, Oregon looking a sign on the Columbia River.

Near Pendleton, Oregon looking west, I-84 goes through a series of switchbacks as it descends onto the plain below.  The photo does not capture the steepness.  Must have been fun  for the pioneers, this section is part of the Oregon trail.

Sunset near Mountain Home, Idaho.

Devil's Slide near Henefer, Utah, just after leave Wyoming and get onto I-84.  [http://geology.utah.gov/surveynotes/geosights/devilsslide.htm]

Near Grand Island, Nebraska -- more snow on the side of the road, but the road is clear. I have no idea how the place got its name.  I thought one needed at lake, a sea, or an ocean to have an island, much less a Grand (as in big, enormous) island.???

                                  

    
Sunset near Belton, Missouri, but on the Iowa side of the Missouri river.  The Plain is scoured out by the summer floods.  I did not figure until later how all the driftwood got to be along the side of the road.  The river has to be somewhere in the distance in front of the ridge that the sun is setting behind.

Satellite view of Plant.  Off to the great Northwest at last.

Sunrise yesterday from West Memphis side of the river.  (at the entrance to the plant)  All other views (looking west, south ) are not as pleasant unless you are into chemical plants.