Another cool morning to start off. I have been using my winter bike clothing much more than I had anticipated for this trip! Chance of rain throughout the day so packed my rain gear as I have been doing the past couple of days. Today’s ride began with a pretty significant uphill climb followed by a descent into the Snake River valley and the Brownlee dam. A beautiful descent along the Brownlee Reservoir to the dam. Crossing the dam we entered Oregon. A milestone!!!! One more state to cross! We also entered the Pacific time zone for good so we are now -3 hours from Eastern time for the rest of the trip. We followed the Snake River in Hells Canyon until turning at Oxbow for the final 15 miles to Halfway. There are actually three dams on the Snake River, so after the Brownlee Dam the river is still very wide, forming the Oxbow Reservoir which is dammed by the Oxbow Dam at Oxbow. Much further downstream is the Hells Canyon Dam. The hills on either side of the Snake River where we rode are relatively barren with the occasional tree. Going from Oxbow to Halfway was more mountainous desert but close to Halfway we ran into a few cattle ranches. We ran into a bit of rain after we stopped for a lunch break at the dam, but only for about 5 miles or so. Rain gear came on then off again for the remainder of the ride. Due to the time change we got into camp at Halfway pretty early, about 1 PM.
Below are the RidewithGPS stats:
Biking across the USA with Mike 
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