Highway 66 to Valley of the Rogue

Our journey on Highway 66 followed the Applegate Trail. This was a southern route of the Oregon trail that was considered a safer path to the Willamette Valley of Oregon by the early settlers, since it avoided the Columbia River.

Heading to the Oregon Coast

April 15th 2008
This entry covers our trip from Fort Bidwell, CA to Valley of the Rogue, OR, where we spent three days, and the five days we stayed in Coos Bay, on the south Oregon coast. Our last night in Fort Bidwell saw snow and wind. We had planned to take a shortcut over Fandango Pass, but decided given the snow, that we had better take a longer, but less elevated route to our next stop at Valley of the ... read more

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