Today has been quite the day. We got up early to have breakfast at the cafe while we waited for the PO to open. At 8:45 I went down to get my package. They had it! BUT, there was something wrong. It was too light. Turns out I was only mailed a replacement segment to my tent pole, not the whole pole. This would not have been a problem if I had kept the rest of my pole. The problem is, I gave the rest of my broken pole to Tiffany.
Back at the cafe I finished my breakfast, frustrated and thinking of how to fix this. When we went to leave the cafe I found I had a flat. Perfect! Fixed that, then headed out into the heat. But, being that today was not my day, i got a second flat an hour into our ride at the summit of Keyes Pass. Grrrrr.
We decended into Dayville. The closer we got to Dayville the headwind got hotter and the smoke got more dense.
Out of Dayville the weather turned. This was a positive for the day. We continued riding towards the thick of the fire smoke, but building clouds shielded the sun and sprinkled rain on us. We were worried we would have to be pushing through this long flat stretch in the heat of the day.
Although the rain was nice for the ride the rain clouds turned into thunderheads. Here in John Day the forecast is for off and on rain and thunderstorms with a chance of hail. With my not so weather ready tent I was not looking forward to camping. Steve and Mandy were not looking forward to a wet tent either. We called a few hotels. No vacancy anywhere. Due to all the fires the hotels are full of fire crews.
Looking around the next best thing was a show barn. When we inquired with one of the workers; his reply was, "I won't kick you out, but I cannot say if someone else will."
So for the night we are in the show barn at the fairgrounds.
Trans Am Tally
Miles: 494
Flats: 3
Roadkill: 3 snakes, 2 frogs, 4 deer, 1 coyote
Beers: 8
From the Open Road,
Midnight Chocolate
Pictures:
Crappy tent setup from last night with bike pump
Breakfast cafe in Mitchell
Bathroom break in Dayville
Riding into the smoke
Parking our bikes in the animal chutes
"Sleeping" benches in the barn.
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