Riding from Baker City to John Day, Oregon. It was a LONG day with 3 big hill climbs, 82 miles and a total of 4100 ft of ascent. We started early, temperatures were in the 50s and climbed into the 80s during the day. It was mostly sunny and wind wasn’t a big factor. We climbed into the hill country West of Baker City- forested hills interspersed with green grasslands- very pretty area. Not much in the way of towns- it is a pretty isolated area. The highest elevation was at the last hill- Dixie Summit at 4,600 ft. We had a bit of a scare to start off. Some crazy driver drove past Than, Timmie and I in our direction, and very close to us, shouting obscenities. A couple minutes later she came barreling back TOWARDS us and swerved over into our lane aiming to push us off the road. Than and Timmie were in front and crashed onto the side of the shoulder- I was far enough back that I could brake before I hit them. The driver went roaring off and we didn’t see her again. It was some old lady with long gray hair. Than was OK. Timmie got his hand and knee banged up pretty bad. Their bikes were OK. After assessing the damage, Timmie decided to ride on and we all finished the ride. We filed a report with the Baker City sheriff, but not much to go on as we didn’t catch the license plate number and we could just give a vague description of the driver- an old lady with long gray hair. No other incidents today- no flats- everyone is safe and sound in camp at John Day now! This was one of the longest days with one of the largest amounts of elevation gain. After over 2 months we all came through with flying colors. I would say all of us 8 riders remaining are now in pretty good shape!!
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Biking across the USA with Mike 
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