"THE KNUCKLE of Oregon" Jodieandandy's photos around Joseph, United States

A TripAdvisorâ„¢ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Joseph, United States by TravelPod blogger Jodieandandy titled ""THE KNUCKLE" of Oregon" Jodieandandy's travel blog entry: "Monday August 18th After 108 degree driving over the mountains into Oregon's valley deserts, we were enjoying the 92 degrees as we picked up route 82 into the most northeast bump of Oregon. Alec calls this "The Knuckle" and it does look much like its nick name. The valley is all farm lands with beautiful barns and homesteads. They grow apples, peaches and grapes here too. All irrigated from the rivers, streams and lakes. With the Blue Mountains on the West and the magnificent Wallowa Mountains on the East the valley is almost enough to make one "lose their mind!!" (to quote Alec). This area of Oregon is quite remote and it seems it is mostly visited by Oregon born and bred. Everyone we are meeting here at Wallowa Lake State Park is charming and friendly and self assured. Farmers? I am not sure, but it is a pleasure to be here and experience this most amazing place. Thank you Alec for your excellent recommendation! Tues. Aug. 19th. We rode our bikes over to the Wallowa Mountain Tramway and bought a couple of 2 day passes to ride up to the top. The enclosed tramway cars hold upto 4 passengers, but we got lucky and ended up riding with just the 2 of us. The views were filled with snow capped mountains, rivers and Wallowa Lake, which was formed by glaciers. The ride took 15 minutes and hard bumps and ...