Baker City Oregon

Arrived at Baker City Oregon about 1:00 PDT.  We wanted to explore some of the area as this was the major route for the Oregon Trail.  We visited the Oregon Trail Intrepretive Center. This was a very interesting museum with life size dioramas and interesting displays.  It took the Immigrants 6 months and most walked the 2000 miles to get to Oregon City and trail's end.  It's hard to imagine the rigors of that trip when we can now cross the same space in just a few days by car.  We would like to return when we have a little more time and walk some of the trails. As it was, we spent over 2 hours there.  You can actually see the ruts the wagons left over 150 years ago.  We highly recommend it for anyone coming through Baker City on I 84.  We spent so much time there that we didn't see any of the other museums in town so this definitely rates another return trip.  We are heading up to Potholes Lake State Park for our last 2 days and then home on Saturday.

Looking across the valley on the Oregon Trail

Elkhorn Mountains

Trail Marker placed in 1943