Moby Goes for the Unexpected

Nearly all the best things that came to me in life have been unexpected, unplanned by me. 

–Carl Sandburg

Wandering around in the van is like shopping at a thrift store: if you’re looking for something, you will be disappointed. But if you’re looking for nothing, things surface.

We’ve found unlooked-for-things during recent trips to the Owyhee Canyon country of SE Oregon. There is a lot of ground to cover out here, and if you wander around on foot, you’ll come across interesting things.

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Buddy’s grave is on the peak of a high ridge, two miles from the nearest road.
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Tiny Moby in a sea of sage
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The Owyhee River breaks
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Lone juniper
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From a distance, the country looks flat, then suddenly the canyon appears.
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Old ranch with rock fencing: free labor, free rocks.

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House of rock and sod

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