Hundreds of miles behind us we've reached the Strawberry Mountains. This wagon landmark is off Highway 26 northeast of Prairie City. We stopped to stretch our legs and take a couple of photos. We weren't particularly interested in Oregon as a place to live and this particular area was certainly not our cup of tea. This route just happened to be a reasonable way to reach the areas in Idaho we wanted to see. The other advantage of this route is it drove us far enough north that we escaped the smoke of California. Although it was not practical to clear the smoke on our first day, we were looking forward to the clear skies in this area.