Echo

After we got a good night sleep, grabbed some shitty coffee and food, we hit the road again. This time we improvised our route since we didn't get as far as we would've liked on Saturday. We headed East out of John Day, went over another mountain pass, and turned down a Forest Service road that ran along the Middle Fork John Day River. This was by far the most scenic part of our trip, and we got off the bikes a lot to take photos.
We came across a spot with a tiny wooden bridge, with one of the many abandoned barns we encountered along our two day ride.
I'm sure I was annoying Mike and Wade by stopping every five minutes to take a photo, but how often do you come across deer drinking in a river?
Once we connected with the 395, it was on to Ukiah. This little town was crazy. It was one of our scheduled fuel stops, and we drove right past the only gas pump in town without seeing it- maybe we were a little distracted by the crazy old shirtless man who was passing us back and forth going no less than a hundred mph... Thankfully we doubled back and found the gas pump. The owner was totally insane, made fun of Mike's orange frame, and babbled on about trucks with the entire front half dipped in chrome and being spray painted by the RCMP. Random. Anyhow- we grabbed some water and food at the only market in town, appropriately named "Granny's"
We had some more time off the bikes to regroup after a little over 100 miles on the first leg of the day. Once rested, we prepared for what was hyped up as the best part of the entire ride....