My hilltop about 150 vertical feet above the Willamette River upstream (South) from Portland Oregon was scoured down to bedrock in those Missoula floods. They deposited all our good soil into the next holler. So we’re called “Oak Grove” because there’s usually only < 10,000 years worth of dirt here, white oaks will grow, but you have to go about 1/2 mile further south into the holler (“River Forest”) to get enough of our ancient dirt to grow Douglas Fir.
I love my bedrock art out the window. G-d made a bird bath right outside my breakfast nook!
I love that part of the country. So beautiful, but a shame that the communist hoard is at the door.
I picture a flat mesa with a sharp cliff and a winding river below.