Day 6 Herminston OR to Walla Walla Washington

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Another great day for a ride. It was only 70 miles with about 3200 feet of climbing. Scenery for the first 25 or so miles was great -through canyons, peaks etc then after lunch (Trek provided a barbecue!) the scenery  became harvested wheat fields for miles and miles. The wind once again was behind us, ( I estimate it at 15-20 mph thank goodness it was not a headwind) the majority of the ride was on back low, LOW, trafficked roads and the pavement had few potholes -- a cyclists dream. The last 20 miles however brought us on to a major highway with iffy shoulders and tons of traffic -- pretty hair raising. At about 10 miles from the hotel the guide in the van warned us of gravel for about 2 miles on the road we were headed for so he changed the route to avoid it. the other guide and four of us ventured on the new route and arrived at the hotel about 2 pm.



The hill just climbed

Fields and fields of lavender, mint and potatoes
great smells

Tried to capture the gorge

Guide coming to see if I needed anything!

Mandatory barn picture

Fellow rider took this of me!

Me in front of an old school house. Guess
they didn't use my text and the school closed down

If they had only had communicators (Plastic sleeves kids used
to show answers manufactured and created by me)
 they would still be open!

Chatting at snack break

Better days have gone by!

The road ahead -- want to join?

Break in the scenery



That's wheat believe it or not   

This sign was next to the pile of wheat -- saw several others
as we biked on!

More secure way to store wheat

It;s the same mile and mile.

A FARM!

Magic Bus -- If Mcandless had found this instead of the one
in Alaska, he could be cycling like me right now!
Magic Bus is from the movie "Into the Wild" 

Magic Bus

10 miles to go































Note didn't turn on Garmin until about 5 miles into the ride!

Departed:Aug 24, '18, 07:50AM
Starts in:Umatilla County, OR, US
Distance:64.6 mi
Elevation:+ 3053 / - 2535 ft
Max Grade
8.3 %
Avg. Grade
0.9 %
VAM328 Vm/h
Ascent time02:50:00
Descent time01:24:37
Total Duration:05:27:09
Moving Time:04:24:03
Stopped Time:01:03:06
Calories:1546
Max Watts:364
Avg. Watts:102 (59 with 0s)
WR Power92
Work1157 kJ
Max Speed:34.3 mph
Avg. Speed:14.7 mph
Pace:00:05:04
Moving Pace:00:04:05
Max Cadence:110 rpm
Min Cadence:10 rpm
Avg. Cadence:66.9 rp











































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