Monday, June 22, 2009
CFR - Day 9
You know how a lot of newer cars will give you a beep or two when you lock the car from the remote? And you know how a few will even beep once or twice when you unlock the car? And you know how some guys put air horns on their shiny new pick-ups? Well, one of those shiny new pick-ups parked right outside my door — no more then five feet away. And at 5:45am, he decided to unlock his car. Yup — two air horn blasts, short but sweet, blasted me awake. Not my preferred way to start the day.
I couldn't get back to sleep, so I read Killing Floor for a while, then packed up and headed east on I-84. I stopped for breakfast at a Denny's in Pendleton, then headed south on US-395 to the McKay Dam.
I was feeling real good on the bike heading down 395. I had a good rhythm on the bike, and was having a lot of fun in the corners. There wasn't any rain, but it got pretty cold on the way up to the summit of Battle Mountain, so I put on my Widders and the wind liner. I turned west on Hwy 26. It was also a pretty nice road — except for the eight mile stretch of fresh chip seal and gravel that forced my speed way down.
The Motel 6 in Bend, OR wasn't as good as it's rate implied. I walked up to a Baja Fresh for fajitas, and finished Killing Floor.
332 miles.
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McKay Dam