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(Day 18)

We got going late, not a normal late but a riding-around-12:00-because-the-place-you-camped-was-in-a-valley-and-under-some-trees-and-no-one-saw-the-sun late. I'd slept badly, my back hurt, my allergies were going and had made a mess of my throat and I was still tired.

We got going on a bike trail that used the route of the Columbia Gorge Scenic Highway. It was great riding and no cars, sadly it only went for a few miles.

We got back onto the interstate for a few miles until Hwy 30 started up again and we could get back on it. A mile or two down we saw a sign we just couldn't pass "ICE CREAM", ohh it was nice. The place, Route 30 Classics, was part ice cream parlor and part dealer/mechanic of older Porches. It was a run by a couple, he apparently was into the cars and she made an awesome espresso milkshake.

Back on Hwy 30 we snaked up high above the Columbia for no reason but scenery, you'll recall that that was the reason the road was built. Everything was much drier here, the mountains across the river in Washington were rolling but barren except for dried grass, it looked like the area around San Francisco in the summer. We didn't mind were two desert boys who were sick of rain forest. The allergies all but stopped, it was time to start up with the sunscreen again though.

Safeway in The Dalles was dinner, while Brad was inside bargain hunting I was outside trying to ignore the hobo guy who wanted to bitch about all the Mexicans in the area. He was trying to think up a trivia question to ask them, I believe he settled on "What was the name of the ship that was sunk starting the Spanish American War?". As we left town we got a great view of Mt. Hood

Question for the list: Where in the world did the avocado originate?

For bonus points prove or disprove the following: Tropical fruits generally have thicker skins than non-tropical ones

andrew

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