The HDM has come a long way since my first visit, about 30 years ago. Located a few miles south of Bend, OR, it has extensive displays, both inside and out. Inside, there's several desert critters, live and in color, plus large Native American and mining exhibits.
Get off my back!
Now really, how lazy can you get?
Paranoid turtle, afraid of getting rear-ended, hires lizard to watch his six?
Otters are fun to watch, playful and graceful.
Outside exhibits include a vintage saw mill, a cluster of pioneer ranch buildings and this corral. Back in the day, corrals were pieced together with whatever was available: sticks, rocks, you name it. This one looks quite sturdy.
Mare and foal sculpture, life sized, made from - would you believe - barbed wire.
How long did it take to build and how many pints of blood were lost along the way?
There are several more sculptures along the trails.
Porcupines dozing in the sun.
They're outside but are viewed from the inside.
This is the real deal and probably the most famous stagecoach ever.
It carried several presidents and VIPs over the years.
It seats 6 - with considerable butt overlap.
Lovely ride: several hours of dust pouring in the windows, crammed in like sardines, bouncing up and down on lousy roads, guy next to you hasn't showered recently, if ever. No alternative though, if you weren't into riding horses and trains weren't available.
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