Eastern Oregon is quite a departure from the Cascadian divided western side. It was sunny and pleasantly warm during my stay with my mom and sister's family at the Eagle Crest resort town in between the towns of Sister, Redmond, and north of Bend. The twisted and gnarly juniper trees fascinated me, as well as the beautiful desert landscape I seldom get to see. Sister Jeana, and Nephew Brady. Brady, endless source of kinetic nuclear energy, world's youngest paleontologist, and