busy and blogging got put on the back burner. I did it though!!! I
biked across America, sea to shining sea!! On the train ride home now
and will get you all caught up on the last week of my adventures.
Unity, John Day, Dayville, Fossil, Maupin, OR
Unity 85 miles: Hills, rolling hills (which are my favorite!) long
hot windy day, met two other people (Greg and Eli) who are biking
across America self supported! Crazy! The actually camped next to us
which was fun. Camped next to the Unity lake, went swimming, campfire,
stargazing.
John Day 50: rode sweep, stopped for Huckleberry ice cream, rode with
Greg and Eli again for a while, Great Majestic View of the Strawberry
Mountains, dairy queen, bike clinic-which went great for once, we had
about 10 kids show up!!! Great dinner, kayoke, sleep.
Dayville 31 miles: Woke up to the smell of a hot breakfast! A large
group of church men cooked it for us !! Dave and I stayed behind for
the church service and then a married couple from the church rode with
us to Dayville! It was so so hot, in the hundreds I'm sure. The wind
felt like a burst of air from the oven when you first open it. But we
made it. That evening we went to the sweet water hole in the middle of
the desert, there was a little water fall and stream attached and a
big rock/cliff for people to jump off. I did not jump. Today was also
Andy's 21st birthday, so in absence of a bar we celebrated with a
couple drinks down by the river, with an amazing sunset to our backs.
Sleeping was hard because this church didn't have air conditioning,
but a few wet bandanas helped a lot.
Fossil: Very pretty canyon ride through desert, piano playing and
fossil hunting around town, cookout at the pastors house, with live
bluegrass and gospel music which some of our team joined in, we were
split up into different houses for homestays, so Alyson and I went to
Elena's house. She is truly an amazing woman. Her property is five
miles outside of town at the highest point in the high deserts on 200
acres. It is so peaceful and serene up there. She is off the powere
grids so her house is run by solar and wind energy and she has a water
cistern. Elena drove us around her propety on her ATV and we watched
yet another astounding sunset over the desert and mountains, we could
even see Mt Hood from here. We have been blessed with so many amazing
sunsets on this trip!! Back at her house we ate ice cream that she
bought and then talked about her time and service work in Thailand and
Burma. I am inspired by her.
Maupin: some beautiful climbing, saw Mt Hood in its full glory for the
first time on the road, rolling hills, steep descent into town. We
were greeted at the church with root beer floats and snacks! Slept out
on the porch.
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