slgwv's photos with the keyword: Oregon SR 140

Doherty Slide

20 Sep 2012 6 8 555
Lake County, Oregon, USA. On Oregon State Route 140, between Adel and Denio, NV, just north of the Nevada line. The name is reputed to come from the practice of chaining up the wagons' wheels at the top so they couldn't turn, and then just letting them slide. It's still a rather...interesting road in a modern motor vehicle. The scarp the highway is cut into overlooks improbably named Guano Valley.