A drive from Kamiah to Nezperce then south to Grangeville through the heart of the Camas Prairie

June 23, 2007.

We are staying at Mountain View MH & RV Park in Grangeville. It is a Passport America Park $14 for FHU, cable & wifi. It isn't a resort but we had shade and a nice large site in a clean environment 208-983-2328. If you are looking for a "Resort" Christmas tree RV-Resort is on US 95 less than a mile from the middle of town.

Extreme eastern section of Lewis & Clarks famous Camas Prairie

Then as if a we were watching a movie where the scene changes -----the scene in front of us changed. Lush grain covered rolling hills spread out before us on that plateau-prairie. The scene was beautiful. Literature says that this area grows a lot of oats so I guess the grain is oats. That is a hay field with large round bales of hay in the center of this picture. We are on the extreme eastern side of the Camas Prairie noted in Lewis and Clark journals. From here the prairie dipps to the west and spreads out to the north and south.

Idaho grain field on Camas Prairie

This is a grain field to the horizon. Printed information indicates the predominant grain grown here is oats. Whatever, thousands of acres are under cultivation.

Lush fields of grain with no apparent irrigation

We are stunned at how green these fields are --- with no apparent irrigation.

Wild Wood Roses on the Camas Prairie in western Idaho

In the small uncultivated areas large wild rose bushes present a beautiful site.

This spectacular wild woods rose was putting on a show in a small plot of uncultivated land on the eastern edge of the Camas Prairie in western Idaho.

Heads of grain, probably oats, on the Camas Prairie near Nezperce in western Idaho

Can you tell what kind of grain this is?

There was thousands of acres in the Camas Prairie east of Nezperce with this grain.

Jacklin Seed Company on the Camas Prairie near Nezperce, Idaho

As we get closer to Nezperce we notice a field holding about 50 of these Jacklin Seed Co. trailers.

Bean fields to the horizon on the Camas Prairie around Nezperce

One field of beans covered a large field all the way to the horizon. I wonder what kind of bean this is.

The Camas Prairie around Nezperce is a serious bean producing area.

This bean field in the Camas Prairie around Nezperce stretches to the horizon

Like I said earlier fields of beans stretch to the horizon in the Camas Prairie around Nezperce in western Idaho.

Nezperce is a small farming community on the Camas Prairie in western Idaho