These are Monthly?! We are in Corvallis but my girlfriend's parents are in La Grande, and we want to visit soon. If the next month isn't too hellish as far as driving from Corvallis to LG goes, we may be able to make it. Can't promise that yet though, it's all dependent on work. What I can promise is eventually within the next few months we'll make it back into LG to visit family and visit the hills.
Also 2018 I harvested nearly 2 gallons of huckleberries right up off Mt. Emily! This year we want to do the same, perhaps we could make an event this summer/autumn for huckleberries and off-roading? (I'll bake a pie even). The huckleberry patches I found were so massive that you could sit down in one spot for 30 minutes and fill a 32oz container before needing to really move to another spot, so there's plenty of huckleberries!
Also- the omelettes at LongBranch are awesome!