A new long-distance trail: Oregon Desert Trail envisioned as 750-mile Bend-to-Idaho crossing

Really cool idea about creating/linking various trails into a mapped route:

http://blog.oregonlive.com/terryrichard/2012/10/oregon_desert_trail_envisioned.html

http://blog.oregonlive.com/terryrichard/2012/10/oregon_desert_trail_will_go_th.html

A quote:
"The proposed desert trail in Oregon is modeled after the 800-mile Hayduke Trail of Utah and Arizona, which connects North America's string of desert jewels: Arches, Canyonlands, Capital Reef, Grand Staircase, Bryce Canyon, Grand Canyon and Zion. Oregon's trail won't be in that league, but it provides a better respite from 21st century life than those national parks with their million-plus visitors."