Lack of connectivity is making my blog posts back up, sorry about that.
Last night the word was "we're a day behind". Even though the overall schedule is not cast in stone we have taken more short days than planned, and some discussion went into how to start making better time. Today we "caught up", had a good day. We "slept in" to a 7:00 departure, and had a swift-ish ride into Walla Walla. After the required stops at bike stores, bakeries, and a taco bus (at which time I triumphantly had my first flat tire), we decided to push on. The one regret was not meeting our warm showers host, but we called to release him to his other activities, and will still look forward to using the system some future time.
We got into the rolling wheat fields today! Just like where I grew up in the Palouse Country. I'd like to find out exactly what is "the Palouse", and what is "the Inland Empire". Anyway, the second half of the day's ride was a back road off of Highway 12, and it was glorious. After a long hill climb I took a photo looking down into the little town of Waitsburg, and thought "this is a big downhill we've earned. A quick shopping for dinner groceries and ice cream bars, a stop at a brew pub, then the last five miles into Lewis And Clark State Park.
~ Carol
Wow, I got busy for a bit and you are almost across Oregon & Washington. Way to go, sticking with it through the heat and inevitable early day challenges! Maybe your body is taking the work with less difficulty already?
ReplyDeleteHigher Ground 4th was unexpectedly huge -- lots of kids of friends and a number of former residents dropped by. A new "real" volleyball court, a pie contest, hula hoops, and lots of home grown music (minus one :-).
Carlos has a blog going for their European travels, so its fun to live your respective journeys vicariously.
Keep on rolling!
John
I love reading your posts and feeling a tiny part of it, knowing somewhat about what's happening. So much wonderful detail .....terrific.
ReplyDeleteIt's 3:30AM Sunday and I'm headed for the airport in a few minutes. After the crash at SFO yesterday and some uneasy hours not knowing, I'm feeling grateful that our flight is departing as scheduled for SFO. Ride on....love, Dottie