Roxy and Linda's Bicycle Blog

7th posting on June 18, 2013 ..... Back to the welcome page and listings for other links

Day 8 - Prineville, OR to Mitchell, OR - 48 miles ... 275 total miles
Headed out of Prineville in the sunshine. Rolled through beautiful ever changing countryside, ranches and hayfields with lots of irrigation, forests of Ponderosa Pine and wild flowers. We climbed
again, 32 miles to Ochoco Pass and whizzed down thru mountains, rocky bluffs, distant fields and more ranches. We're spending the evening in Mitchell, population 200, in the Oregon Hotel, built in
the late 1800's that has been beautifully renovated. Met Mel, from Michigan, riding from Astoria, OR to Yorktown, VA, the Adventure Cycling Trans America Trail (TA).

Day 9 - Mitchell, OR to Mount Vernon, OR - 60 miles ... 335 total miles
Had breakfast with Mel and met Jez from the UK who is riding the TA. Rode out of Mitchell with raincoats on and started climbing 6 miles to Keys Pass, we had rain and then fog about 3 miles from the top and down the other side. Didn't see much until the fog cleared. Wound down thru forests and canyons into the John Day River Valley. Jez & Mel passed us, we caught up with them at the Dayville Cafe. After lunch we rode on to Mount Vernon where we're staying at a dumpy hotel. Met up with a group of gals from Eugene on a week ride looping around from Prineville. The sag crew invited us to dinner with them. We met one of them, Sue, on the ride down Mckenzie Pass. Fun evening! Oh, also met 2 guys riding the TA east to west on the road today, they were so pumped about their rides, started 72 and 80 days ago!

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