The drive from Yellowstone to Hells Canyon was a big one. I think it was about 650 miles and took about 13 hours. It rained almost the whole time, which made driving a bit more difficult, but we also made better time, as we did less sightseeing. M&M's, doughnuts and an hour gained in changing time zones meant we were at Enterprise (Oregon) just after dark.
Next morning we made a late start, then just explored Hells Canyon. Although it was not what we were expecting, it was still quite nice. The scenery was more like green rolling hills than sharp rock cliff edges.
We drove up to a lookout and then along the canyon and down the rim into the valley. This was a bumpy dirt road, that ended up taking about 2hrs, in a hire car... It was getting late so we headed back to the cabin after this drive, instead of continuing back up to a different view point. No loss, we later found out the road was closed half way up due to snow.
The cabin is funny but nice, the roof is all of about 7ft high.Tonight we dined at a little family run Mexican restaurant (the same one we ate at last night), great food, beer and margarita's. After dinner we had hoped to have a few more beers in a local bar, but the first one we found was closing and the other wouldn't serve us (some strange local law), so we headed back to the cabin, at about 9pm!
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