This morning we were in for a bit of a treat, because although we thought that we would be riding through only desert today, it was actually a national forest. As we went into the forest, we realized that there were a number of Adventure Cycling people going through the same area as we were. It's always nice to see other cyclists on the road. It's become a more and more common sight as we head west.
Sneaky picture of these guys...
The morning was relatively uneventful. We actually did quite a bit of climbing today, although it was very gradual, I think somewhere around 5000 feet of climbing. At the lunch stop it started thundering and lightening and we were afraid that we wouldn't be able to finish the day (as a rule of safety, no biking in lightening or thundering). The good news is that as soon as we descended the hill (after waiting for the weather to calm down first, of course), everything cleared up and the rest of the day was quite beautiful (although kind of hot). Funny thing is, as we left the lunch stop we were all in such a big hurry to get to the host to avoid being rained out, but as soon as we saw that everything looked good, almost the entire team stopped to get ice cream. Sometimes ice cream just takes priority over other things I suppose...
Why... would anyone ever create this... 10,000 miles of gravel road riding????!!!!
Thank you to our hosts for tonight, the Assembly of God in John Day. We had a great dinner of brisket, something we haven't had in a very long time. I think the last time we had it was in Ohio with Navigators... wow that seems like such a long time ago (please forgive me if somebody else served us brisket and I forgot!).
We managed to have an early team meeting tonight, which means I finally have time to catch up on this blog, write emails and postcards, etc... free time on the 4K is a rare gem sometimes..
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