I just re-read my last two postings and had to admit - I need to lighten up! So I will. Here is a place you should visit: The Painted Hills. They lie about an hour east of Prineville just off Highway 26 and are drop-dead gorgeous. The colors are from metal oxides that are exposed. Geologically they are from near the earth's bedrock but were upthrust over many intervening and newer strata and are now visible. The best time to view them is when the sun is on a relatively low angle in the west, so late afternoon or early evening. You can hike the area and get close to the formations, although not touch them. I bet I haven't talked to 1 in 10 Oregonians who have been here or even known that they existed, but it is a site that every Oregonian should see.
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