Saturday, August 23, 2008

Day Five: 61 Miles

This morning we woke up after a stressful night of sleep. Lotte and I looked at the 300+ miles of desert that awaited us through Eastern Oregon. We gathered our audacity and decided to hitchike to the next town: Burns, 89 miles away.

As I exited the bathroom at the rest stop an army covey flooded the area. There were over 30 army vehicles in front of me. It was bizarre. Young attractive men dressed head to toe in camouflouge clothing. As one passed by he yelled at us,

" You girls are biking through this? You have more Balls than we do?!"

After hitching a ride with Chuck, the old Vietnam Vet, we arrived in Burns. We immeaditaley headed out and continued our journey. Hills after hills in the hot sun.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Keep it up!! I'm thinking of you...

rose pedals said...

Hello! This is Rose from Sisters wondering if you've made it across the country. It was wonderful to meet you and hope the bicycle adventures never stop.
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Peace!