After having milkshakes when we got to Prinville, it was farewell to Ingo, my roommate and riding partner. He leaves the group now to ride north to Portland to meet up with his wife, Gudrun, who is flying out from Germany to cycle down the East coast with him. They will meet us in Florence.
A steep 3 hour climb out of Mitchell greeted us this morning. What should've been an easy coast down to Prinville turned out to be hot work.
I haven't seen the size of any of Mitchell's 160 inhabitants. Maybe they are worried about the out-of-towners?
27 July. Entering Picture Gorge. This dramatic gorge was eroded by the river through the layers of basalt that poured out at about 8000 year intervals about 16 million years ago. The name comes from the American Indian pictographs that were found on the walls of the gorge. This was the start of a 26 mile climb to the summit of Keys Creek Pass followed by a sweet downhill to Mitchell.
27 July. We were on the road at 6am to get some of today's 84 miles done before the heat. After breakfast in John Day, we stocked up with extra water in Dayville for the hot 39 miles to Mitchell without services along the way. This is Dayville Mercantile that was established over a hundred years ago.
