Travel day! Where? To Oregon! Yup, we decided to make it happen. Went by the bike shop to see the guy who suggested we go to McCall, ID, and he again said you HAVE to go to Bend, so off we go! Well, not Bend, actually, we’re staying at the KoA in Culver, OR, a bit North. Same diff!

Got an early start because it’s a loooong drive. Before long, we were in Oregon, and I learned something I did not know –  lot of Oregon is high desert! Beautiful, but:

That was across more than 120 miles of Oregon, BTW, in those three photos.

We stopped in Burns, OR to get fuel, both for the truck and for ourselves. We did see this (for Richard White):

But I prefer REAL food, so we passed it by. Fill up the truck first, though, and when doing that, I noticed what the last guy had put in his truck:

Sure glad my tank’s not that big! Breakfast was just up the road at The Apple Peddler. Here was my breakfast:

And The Bear’s:

Look at how thick that bacon is! Fantastic breakfasts, both of them. I wish they’d given me more corned beef hash, though.

After that, the second half of the drive, which was not only flat, but straight:

Booooooring! And the speed limit was 55, too. That really sucked! oh, yeah, surprising factoid about the truck – I hoped that driving 55 would get me better fuel mileage – NO! Still got the same as when I was pushing the hell out of it doing 65-70 up the mountains. Go figure.

Drove through Bend, and it reminded us of Steamboat Springs, CO and Jackson, WY, except bigger. And that is NOT a good thing. I really, REALLY hope the riding pans out up here, or we’re gonna be PISSED. We’ll see. Tomorrow, bike shops and USFS, maybe BLM. Info gathering!

Oh, yes, and today, we have been out one more day than last year. Well, there’s gonna be a few ore days yet to go, so keep reading!