Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Home again

We spent Sunday night in Lewiston, ID We got an early start for a change and got rained on a bit until we got up out of the river valley where the weather was.

We rode Rattlesnake pass down to Enterprise, OR.It was a good thing I did this in the morning when I was fresh because it is very technical ride but through some of the prettiest country Oregon has to offer.

By the time we got to Le Grand (200 miles) Trish was thinking that she wanted to push on homeward instead of camping. Not having a way to charge her camera batteries may have influenced her but I know she is not that fond of camping. The plan had been to camp in a ghost town which would have been fun.

So we did the remaining 270 miles on the highway at 70 mph. We prefer to take smaller roads and see small towns and villages with frequent breaks. A long highway ride is when you really feel the difference between a touring bike and and a cruiser like my  Dyna. It was a pretty grueling 6 hour ride and I think Trish would rather have camped.

So yesterday we vegged except for my  mowing the weeds and Trish filling the fridge. I totaled up the miles and we went over 2700 miles in 13 days.

I have the rest of the week off so once I get some pictures from Trish I will work on sharing them and the stories behind them.

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