June 19, 2001

(Day 19) 80 Miles

Brad was up super early, he woke me when he was half packed and we were riding by 06:00. It felt good to be moving in the desert when it was early and cool. We dropped into Maupin and watched the rafters go by on the Deschutes river, which cuts through the middle of town. I'd love to take a road trip up to Oregon, visit Smith Rock go rafting. Anyone interested?

It was a nasty climb back out, maybe two thousand feet to the next ridge. We pulled half way up it and decided to take a siesta in the shade, we'd cleared 40 miles and it was just after 12:00.

While the area was not much for scenery, seen it in Nevada, it made for some good riding. We cleared several big passes, enough to make me wish I had a cyclometer with a built-in altimeter. Then when we finished we could have had an 80-mile day where we gained n-thousand feet.
We at dinner watching a beautiful sunset over the Three Sisters and Mt. Hood.

andrew

    Charles' Rules of Camping
  • Don't make two pieces of trash. If you open an oatmeal packet don't tear the top all the way off, your less likely to loose it. If it does tear in two put the small one inside the big one and fold them up and eat them o no one finds out you're not hardcore.
  • Wear a nightshirt. Not only will you stay warmer, the clean "night only" shirt won't stick to your sleeping bag like the salty-sunscreen-crusted day shirt.
Posted by drewish at June 19, 2001 12:00 PM

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