Category: Montana, Idaho, Oregon in 2021

We finished the trip! 1,180 miles and 64,400 ft of climbing. More important than these numbers are the renewed views of America that we saw. Liberal and conservative, prairies and forests, cities and country, rich and poor. We heard lots … Read the rest

It was fun to see the exact spot of the hot springs at Belknap resort. A non-descript notch in the rock just across the bridge over the McKenzie river. It would not be affordable/justifiable to heat the water in such … Read the rest

“Are your portions larger than Cottonwood Cafe?” These are the kind of practical questions a bike rider asks about a breakfast restaurant. So we decided to eat at the trucker-type bar named “Gallery” in Sisters.

The main objective of our … Read the rest

We said goodbye to the comfort of the Comfort Inn and rode south to Terrebonne. I wondered which was scarier – riding on highway 97 or the bungee jumping we saw on the bridge over Crooked River gorge.

We picked … Read the rest

No, we fortunately didn’t get arrested for “stealth camping” – that would be embarrassing! At 7:00am an old man arrived at the campground and walked towards us carrying two gas cans. He asked “what’s for breakfast?”. In my sometimes smart … Read the rest

The small town of Condon was at the end of our 50 mile ride across the prarie. It was a conundrum because there was hardly any activity downtown at 3:30 in the afternoon. No bars or saloons were open in … Read the rest

Blue Mountains that is. We rode 50 miles from Ukiah to Heppner today. Heppner is prarie landscape mostly. We had the road mostly to ourselves but noticeably more hunters.

At our lunch stop a camo clad older gentleman walked over … Read the rest

Waking up to frost on your tent and all your stuff makes it hard to get moving but Brent had it worse in that he had to patch his air mattress.

We practically had the whole road to ourselves which … Read the rest

We got a good vibe in Enterprise, Oregon. Kristy at the Red Rooster restaurant served us the best breakfast yet. She was helping her mom out with her restaurant and told us she studied interior design – you can see … Read the rest

As you saw, we warmed ourselves and tried to dry our clothes in the bathroom with 2000 watt hand dryers and it’s room heater. It was helpful.

After we rode down a long downhill expecting no services, we came upon … Read the rest

Yesterday was supposed to be an easy day but the weather didn’t cooperate. Rain up the hill wasn’t too bad but when the 30+ mph headwind was added it became miserable and futile feeling. The fourth layer of clothing helped … Read the rest

Yes, that’s a Chris Farley SNL reference.

We found a hearty breakfast cafe on main street and rode towards Lewiston. The crosswind was crazy strong for the first 20 miles. We have now entered the Nez Perce reservation.We carefully chose … Read the rest

After 40 easy miles following a winding creek we climbed out of the valley and up to the Idaho plains with farms galore.

Us, being city folk, had to look up the word “Grange”. It’s a farmers association. This is … Read the rest

Thanks for waiting for the blog posts while we were out of cell coverage.

We rode out of our campsite at Poet Creek Campground and finished the last 20 miles of dirt road in Magruder Crossing. I talked with one … Read the rest

(Monday) I have to admit I was scared to hear a scratching noise on a nearby tree in the middle of the night. If it was a bear, I’m sure it smelled me but I resisted my curiosity and stayed … Read the rest