Total for trip: 118
Climb:3483
Today was a beautiful day of riding. This is the type of day that keeps a cyclist coming back for more. We began the day by getting up and fixing traditional cycling breakfast food. Granola, oatmeal, hot chocolate, etc. We made a lunch of sandwiches to carry with us since there wasn't going to many towns to stop in. We took off about 9 and went to the Oregon Trail Museum which was about 9 miles away. We first went into watch a movie about the Oregon trail and all of us were soon sleeping. The movie was interesting, but it was just dark and soft chairs and exhaustion took over.
The movie did last too long and we were needing to get going. Most of the day was riding along the Powder River. It was a beautiful ride. The wind was at our back most of the day and it was a lot down hill until the end of the day.
We had to end the day by climbing this hill which was a 7% grade and 1300 feet high. The sun was bearing down and it was hot. Anyway, we made it and the downhill on the other side just about made it worth it.
We had burritos for dinner cooked in camp and are staying in an RV park that has cotton wood trees all around that are just snowing seed down on us. The sun is just going down and there is no wind and it has just been a beautiful day.
The following are just some scenes of today's ride.
In 1984 there was a land slide that backed up the Powder river to cover the road as seen above. It took 2 years to get things fixed to where the road was usable again. You can see the landslide below.
This is the view from the 1300 foot hill that we climbed. We were about 2\3rds up at this point.
It is always good to see this sign.
I think a wood burning incinerator.
The Wallowas in the background, the mountain range we are riding around.
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