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The rest-area interpretive trail cuts through a sparse juniper forest and climbs a ridgeline with views miles and miles across the high desert near Burns, Ore.

I rolled out of my sleeping bag. ‘Twas dang near eight o’clock. My tent was by the campfire and I’d slept hard, like a rock.

The Upper Mesa Falls day use and parking area northeast of Ashton opened Saturday with limited services in accordance with the state’s phased …