Oregon
Eastern Oregon Pea Crop
Submitted by Mark K on Sat, 07/11/2009 - 21:55This what a pea field looks like about two weeks before harvest. Peas ripen extremely fast, and go from "ripe" to "ruined" in hours. The fields are carefully planted so that harvest with a limited amount of machinery can move from field to field as they reach maturity. The lower fields will be harvested while the ones 500 feet up in elevation might be a week or two from ready. However, it is all mapped and planted by a very strict schedule, so as to assure that the harvesting can all be done at the exact right moment.
Sumpter, OR, narrow gauge Steam Railway
Submitted by Mark K on Mon, 07/06/2009 - 01:31This is the water tank for the small hobby steam railroad near Sumpter, OR.
Their website is here: http://www.svry.com/

Eastern Oregon wheat harvesting
Submitted by Mark K on Mon, 07/06/2009 - 01:28Taken near Weston, Oregon.

