Monday, June 27, 2011

The Endless Uphill

12 miles past Sumpter towards John Day on rte 7
32 most challenging miles.

Lazy starts, but on the road at 8:04. And the whole day, miles just did not seem to pass by.

Pedal, pedal, rest, pedal. Fuat waits patiently all throughout the day for Blaze and me to catch up. Then we pass him on the downhills, of which there were too few today. Oregon is one rural state. And just because the map shows a town, doesn't mean it has any stores. Could be a ghost town. Makes it hard for us to plan our food because we often don't really know when we'll find a store again. Today some young folks angeled us some water when we met at an historical site. Trail magic! Fuat doesn't believe it's magic, but I know it is.

Tonight we're camped in a national forest. It's been over a week since I was really in the woods. And it feels good. If these darn ravens would just shut up!!!

Good dinner of fried rice with veggies of green beans, zucchini, and red pepper. Lunch we made tomato, avocado, green chard sandwiches on delicious large rolls a woman in Baker City gave us after we had a Thai tofu salad and soup at her restaurant. Generous gifts come our way.






Pedal on, Pedal on

Saddle BagLady

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1 comment:

  1. Been that route and know exactly what you are talking about. It was my toughest day on the trip. Onward to the beautiful scenery. You are almost there. You go girl!!
    Jane

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