In mid June the S Steens Mountain Rd was in great condition to the first
campground about 18 miles in where it was still closed due to snow.
Beautiful scenery, views that seemed to extend forever. N Steens Mountain
Rd was OK, but open only to the Page Springs Campground, which is open for
camping.

On Jul 1, 2017 12:10 PM, “‘Larry Arnold’ larnold47@cableone.net [ible]” < ible-noreply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Too bad they don’t blade those washboardy roads, because that’s what turned
me back when I was there a few years ago.

I had wanted to experience Steens Mountain, but not at the hassle/expense
of replacing all the shocks on my vehicle, not to mention my neck, back,
etc.

FWIW, Larry, Boise

*From:* ible@yahoogroups.com [mailto:ible@yahoogroups.com] *On Behalf
Of *MaDWhitham
climb_on2002@yahoo.com [ible]
*Sent:* Saturday, July 1, 2017 9:10 AM
*To:* telemark22@sbcglobal.net; Yahoo! Inc.
*Subject:* [IBLE] Re: Malhuer

We actually received 3 replies, headquarters/visitors center, the narrows,
the campground near Frenchglen. We had good luck at the first two and
didn’t make it to the last.

The mosquitoes are atrocious! We probably would have seen a few more birds
had we not been mobbed by those.

Tried to drive down to Frenchglen on the “two hour” self guided tour. Four
hours later after 20 miles of washboard gravel road and seeing 10 of the
stops, we were at the turn for French’s round barn. We went there and
headed back to the Good Sam campground near the narrows.

MaDWhitham

*It’s not the years in your life, it’s the life in your years!!!*

On Jun 30, 2017, at 11:25 PM, telemark22@sbcglobal.net [ible] < ible-noreply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

It appears that no one had a chance to answer this before the OP’s visit,
but we will be at Malheur in a week and a half, so we would welcome the
information about the best birding spots on the refuge.

Thank you,

Larry Montgomery

Sacramento, CA