Funny Hills

The road to Eugene is pretty much straight and flat as it runs through the Willamette River valley. You can see the Coast range off to the West and the Cascade mountains off to the East, but they are pretty far away. The valley floor is almost entirely farmland. About 25 or 30 miles North of Eugene a range of hills starts up off to the East. They pop up out of nowhere and the closer we get to Eugene, the closer they get to the highway, until just North of Eugene the road slices right through the tail end of the last hill.

We're driving down South today and I notice there's snow in them thar funny hills. You can see snow in the clear cut areas in this picture. Turns out the hills are called the Coburg Hills, which seems to be a big name in Eugene.

Update February 2017 replaced missing picture.