We knocked out the 20 miles into Burns by 09:30 but it was already 80*F. For breakfast we found R.J's. That was some dang fine food. We highly recommend it, best hash browns I've had on the trip. The other patrons were the best part, mesh backed baseball cap with farming product logo, button up shirt, tight jeans and cowboy boots. They were talking about the recent death of their card-playing buddy when we walked in. They mentioned it had been 95*F the day before, we had no problem believing that.
It was at least that hot today, we got cooked all day. The tailwind moved us along but sure didn't cool us off. We hit two good passes and a bunch of construction along the way.
Riding across the time zone was cool. The weird part was that we're on God's time*, we rise with the sun and sleep when it sets. Setting the clock ahead just sort of makes it confusing, we'd gotten good at guessing the time by the sun, I'm sure we'll adjust.
* God's time comes from a story about a relative of mine. He refused to adjust his clock for day light savings time, he said he lived by God's time and wasn't going to change.
The Oasis Cafe in Junatua was the perfect place to top off some hard miles. While we had intended to just stop for a milkshake, the feel of the place was just too much. Vegetarian food was scarce, but it was the best meal of the trip. The owners, a couple, had just purchased it six months before. They said the restaurant had been there since 1951 and they were trying to keep up the reputation. We thought they were doing just fine, it was the perfect end to back-to-back 90-mile days.
We decided it had to be the road. Hwy 20 seemed like the perfect way to see a cross-section of the US. So we'll see how far across the country we can take Hwy 20. Diverging to see friends but trying to rejoin it as soon as we can.
This just goes to show you that you can never trust a bro biker for directions, they'll try to send you down Hwy 26.
andrew
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