Oregon US 395 (#0099)

I took this originally to show what the high desert region of Oregon looks like, but soon after taking it I encountered my second major construction delay of the day. Earlier that day, in California, I'd been at one spot where traffic sat for about 20 minutes due to repaving a long stretch of highway. Here was the longest delay -- at about where the road begins to curve there was a flagman and traffic was stopped for about an hour -- which was actually good, an interesting opportunity to talk with others who had gotten out of their cars. This trip was right when there was debate in Washington over highway funding with the news reporting that states were putting maintenance on hold because of the uncertainty of federal funds -- well they definitely weren't putting construction on hold in this part of the west. Every day of the trip I had stretches of very slow or stopped traffic due to repaving or related work.