LOBAA53 - Silvies River off FS road 63 about 20 miles NW - Seneca, OR

7/8/08 Tue PDT
LOBAA53 - Silvies River off FS road 63 about 20 miles NW - Seneca, OR
Sally bike mileage/time 88.69 / 8:13:12
Sally Total 3917.04
Bill bike mileage/time 12
Bill Total 1209.2
Jim mileage 97.9
Jim total 8488.5
Sally:
Wow, it's so great to be riding in Oregon again. We had almost no
traffic all day, clear skies, clear streams, green meadows, beautiful
pine forests, wildflowers, lots of deer and a couple antelope; just
all-around good riding. It doesn't hurt anything to know we're closing
in on our goal! Today Kay rode with me all morning, then Bill joined
for a bit. Had a good burger and fries in Seneca, cooked by a New
Zealander! Now we're camped at a remote spot on the Silvies River out
in the sticks. Its super. Even though we're looking forward to
reaching the Pacific, we are still able to savor the adventure that
hasn't quite ended. Tomorrow friend Ed joins us to ride the last 5
days. Very much looking forward to seeing him and wife, D'Anne. We
realized after spending last evening in camp with Kay and family how
fun it is to have others join in. Which reminds me of the super
marshmallow toasting forks (daggers) that we used last night around
the campfire. Bill found 4 of these amazing creations at a campsite in
Kentucky and stuck them inside Cramalot's bumper for storage. When
Karl pulled out the marshmallows last night the light bulb went on and
we hauled them out. These things must be six feet long. Worked great.
Bill:
Thanks to Kay for riding with Sally early this morning. I love riding
with Sally but this morning Kay got the o-dark hundred oatmeal and I
got late morning breakfast of homemade pancakes with syrup, sausage
and fresh coffee compliments of Jim, Karl and Sarah - yum! I also got
to build the morning fire. Life is good. Then, chasing the girls down
with the sag rig was great fun too because of the excellent forest
service road(#16) that wound its way up and down the hills in the
ponderosa and lodge-pole pine forest for 70 miles. I got to ride a few
miles as well by getting ahead of the girls in the rig and riding back
to meet them. Oh, and yesterday's campground was just inside the
Pacific Time zone so not only are we back in Oregon, but we are now on
normal time again.