I ended up in the Oxbow Restaurant and Saloon last night, eating a USA sized portion of prime ribs to replace the calories I burnt.
Normally when I tell people of the journey I attempting, the reaction is ‘you’re doing what!?!?’, but last night the reaction was more ‘meh, we had the goat guy in here last week’. So I was naturally interested to hear about the goat guy. It turns out, some nutter is walking from Seattle to New York …….with a Goat! Find out more here http://www.needle2square.com/
A couple of beers (literally a couple!) were consumed and I had a great night learning all about The Great Lebowski; but I got back to my campsite and sleep eluded me.
The lack of sleep combined with the tough route, meant that I was in a whole world of pain today. At the end of the day, as planned, I reached Baker City (the ride was fantastic though, despite the pain). Exhausted as I was, I went straight to a motel; not something I plan to do often, but you need to treat yourself at times and I knew a night in a tent just wouldn’t do tonight!
Tomorrow I should reach the border with Idaho; that milestone is not just my third state, but also my first ever cycle through a time zone (my previous big rides have always been south-north).
That concludes my visit to Oregon, but what a place Oregon has been. The scenery has gone from coastal, to forest, to desert, to prairie, to gorge. The people have been fantastic; everyone is interested in the journey and people have been so generous, either buying me beer, gifting me a penknife or giving me meals.
So on to Idaho! I honestly can’t wait.
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