ONTARIO TO UNITY
This was my longest day yet on the bike, and probably in my top 5 favorite rides. 78 miles with 2 climbs through the desert, it could have been miserable, but I rode with Kyle, Zack, Conor, Arden, and Lindsay, and we played games to pass the time. We stopped a ton, like to climb on hay stacks and hang out outside a little country store. When we got to lunch (at like 1pm...we were going like 13mph all the way to lunch) there were KITTENS! Like 12 adorable little guys.
Lunch took 2 hours due to kittens. We didn't get in until 5, but we changed time zones so really it was like 6 to us, which means we were on the bike for 10 hours. I don't regret taking my time though, our group had an awesome ride and we ate dinner at a place called the Water Hole once we got to Unity.
By the time we were ready to shower, it had started to rain, and of course it was a hose shower. Conor and I took the coldest hose shower of my life- I'm talking bone chilling cold water pouring on you in the rain when it's dark out and there is no hope left in the world. Hot chocolate and a good cuddle puddle was of course the cure for my distress, and soon we were laughing about our ridiculously long day and awful shower experience.
UNITY TO JOHN DAY
So glad to be back to trees, we had a beautiful ride through the Blue Mountains, where there was a good amount if climbing but we talked through it. We stopped at a little cafe where people got huckleberry ice cream and we met some fellow cyclists traveling the opposite direction.
Lunch was of course at the top of a climb (we hated Kyle for this), but then we got to descend after lunch and get some beautiful mountain views. We relaxed a bunch after the ride, then had Chinese for dinner before watching the sunset down by the river.
Almost the whole crew rolled to karaoke night at "It's A Dirty Shame" saloon, where you better believe we made complete fools of ourselves.
JOHN DAY TO DAYVILLE
One of our shortest rides today- only 32 miles- so we ate a huge breakfast of pancakes and eggs and a bagels and fruit, and chilled pretty hard on our way to Dayville. Took a quick nap at lunch, and continued on to this adorable town with like 1 cafe where we got snacks and read/napped in the park (we had to wait for the church service to end).
One of the men at the church piled us in his pickup and drove us to the river where we expected a nice swim and to relax. This was exactly not what the river was like: picture a snake infested dirty river FULL of leeches. We spent about 5 minutes sitting in the water enjoying ourselves before discovering the leeches, and then about 20 trying to remove them from our bodies.
Tonight consisted of affordable housing presentations and face masks and musical chairs. Just don't ask.
Tally:
Hose showers in the rain: 1
Songs butchered at karaoke: 6
Naps taken today: 4
Leeches on my body: too many. More than zero is too many.
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