Today was the opposite of yesterday. John Day to Baker City, 85 miles, almost 5,000 feet of biking elevation gain, beautiful views, blue skies, smooth roads. What else can I say?
Our first stop was a photo op halfway to the Dixie Mt. Summit where there is a reconstruction of an Oregon Trail Covered Wagon. Don is top right, I am lower right. Our new friend from Israel, Phillippe, and I are supposedly simulating towing the wagon via bicycle instead of horse/oxen. The Blue Mountains are in the background. We did not move that wagon, by the way.
Here is Drew, modeling today's serving of blackberry cobbler a la mode that we had as a mid-morning snack at the Austin House Restaurant. Yum!
To "earn" that cobbler, we rode to the summit of three peaks: Dixie Mountain, Tipton Mountain, and Small Mountain. None really seemed too small, but the views were incredible.
While down in the valleys, there were too many beautiful meadows to count. We had been told by locals in John day to keep our eyes open for herds of elk. Though we did not find any elk, there were scores of very happy cows.
Here's Drew again, this time mugging for the camera, showing how great our lunch stop was at a gorgeous meadow, this one leading to our road along the Powder River that took us to Baker City.
Signing off from the land of the Wallowa Mountain Range, the sight of which greeted us as we descended down toward Baker City.
No comments:
Post a Comment