Going from Halfway to Baker City Oregon. We get a day off tomorrow! Our last day off for the trip. Following that we will have 8 straight days of riding, some pretty hard days coming up! We are permanently on Pacific time now.
Below are the RidewithGPS stats for today’s ride:
It was a good ride today. An initial 1000 ft climb out of Halfway then some other fairly sizable climbs along the way, but grade was not too bad- around 4% average. A total of 3200 feet of ascent for the day. Weather was beautiful- NO RAIN. Not many clouds, in the 70s after a cold morning start. The terrain is mountainous desert. We followed the Powder River valley for quite a ways. Along the river is green but only for a couple hundred feet and then all turns into barren scrubland. There are a few cattle ranches scattered along the valley and they must use the river water to irrigate the fields to give the cattle something to eat.
Stopped halfway, about 27 miles at a rest stop for lunch. Not really any towns along our route. There are 4 million people who live in Oregon, but none of them live out here in the East!! I tell you, I am glad we are riding through here in June and not in August, it supposedly gets bloody hot in this area. As it is, temps stayed in the low 70s and it was a very enjoyable ride.
Biking across the USA with Mike 
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