Hells Canyon
The Circuit Rider Series, Part Two
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Introduction: Welcome to the second book in the Circuit Rider series. More than likely you have followed along with us learning about a man by the name of John Luke Mark Matthews or, as he likes to be called, J.L. You have discovered that he has begun to learn of the ways of the Lord through the help and words of a circuit rider. You also discovered that evil is everywhere and that one pursues Matthews, meaning to take his life. And you discovered The Dalles, the end of the Oregon Trail, and also a stunning wonder called The Painted Hills.
In this adventure we will travel to one of the greatest wonders of the world. This place is Hells Canyon, which is located on the Northern Oregon and Idaho borders. When my wife and I first beheld this wonder we could not take it all in, similar to how a visit to Grand Canyon in Arizona would affect you. This place is so big and so dramatic it is hard to get your thoughts and feelings around it. There is this interesting fact about Hells Canyon: while it might not be as grand as Grand Canyon and certainly not as visited as much, it does hold a distinction that Grand Canyon cannot claim. It is deeper. You can stand at the bottom like we did, aboard a boat in the middle of the Snake River and look up one full mile or more to see the top.
Hells Canyon is a wild and mysterious place. It is huge in scope and size. No matter how many visits you may make you will probably feel like we do, we have just barely scratched the surface on all this spectacular place is about.
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The adventure continues! Set in the Old West, in the Oregon Trail town of The Dalles, and in the wide reaches of the high desert lands and the spectacular Hells Canyon, this is the continuing saga of a man, his wife, and his family on a physical, emotional, and spiritual adventure they could have never imagined.
J.L. was the hard-drinking and -brawling cowboy who nearly lost it all until a stranger and the Lord stepped in. Now he is on a journey to become a Circuit Rider, a calling he could never imagine.
Hells Canyon, the second volume of the Circuit Rider Series, is set in the 1870s in the high desert lands of Oregon and the spectacular Hells Canyon. As with the first book, The Painted Hills, this story takes place in Western sites steeped in history and myth. These are real places you can travel to today. And be ready for the third installment coming soon, The Stronghold.
About the Author
Dennis Ellingson has served as a pastor and a counselor. He is the bestselling author of God’s Healing Herbs, as well as God’s Wild Herbs. Along with his photographer wife, Kit, he also authored The Godly Grandparent. Dennis loves the Wild West, and so he has penned The Painted Hills, the first in the Circuit Rider series. Dennis is a born-and-raised Oregonian. He loves to explore God’s creation in the Oregon land east of the Cascades. He and Kit reside in Southern Oregon.