Wandering West Day 22 - Leaving the West

GREEN RIVER, WY - (Ok, not quite leaving, but almost.) As of this trip I have been in every state west of the Mississippi except North Dakota, Hawaii and Alaska. I have been continually amazed at how much different the landscape is out there. There is incredible diversity, from the rich forests of the Pacific northwest to the rocky coastlines to the stark deserts of Death valley or the rich deserts (to me anyway) of southern Utah. But I'm also amazed at how much is the same. The terrain I crossed in eastern Oregon reminded me of California, Montana, Wyoming or eastern Washington (now that I know what that is like). All in all, though, there is nothing east of the Mississippi is anything like it.

Eastern Oregon

801 miles in 13 hours