Hot & Dry

Because it doesn’t look like a typical desert it is easy to forget that we are in the desert, except that our body parts are dry, particularly our eyes and lips. This is the high desert where the annual rainfall is less than 12 inches. Today we went to the High Desert Museum, an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institute which almost guarantees a good experience. We were there for over 4 hours wandering through both indoor and outdoor exhibits, historical and environmental. We listened to a presentation on river otters and a most interesting one on wild horses. About 4700 wild horses roam the free ranges in Oregon as they have no natural predators and another 2400 are held in government corrals, costing millions of dollars each year. It’s a big political issue as well as an advocacy issue. Great museum!Leer más