where I'm going each morning!
Today was rather quiet, probably because it's Independence Day and
most people were staying put unless they had some parade to go to. It
was also a slightly shorter day of about 90miles. I just had to go
over 3 passes before riding out the last 30 to Baker. I thought once
I'd left the passes behind, I'd leave wilderness behind but actually,
I still don't have any phone signal and the motel wi-fi doesn't work,
third night in a row! But just now I have found wireless on the city's
main street, which actually works, how nice of them! Anyways, the only
excitement today involved another thunderstorm. As always seems to be
the case, I noticed the dark cloud about 10miles from my destination.
At this point, there was no lightning yet so I pushed on towards Baker
City. Literally the minute I passed the sign welcoming me to the city,
the cloud had got overhead and lightning started. So I did my usual
jumping off the bike and crouching low routine. Only this time, I had
to wait out the lightning, and then heavy rain-all less than 2miles
from the motel! When I finally got to my room, ready for a hot shower,
they had put the air conditioning on so high that the room temperature
was about 12C! It's also central A/C so I can only block the cold air
vent and hope the room warms up soon... Well, tomorrow is going to be
a long day, 115miles including Hell's Canyon, yippee! Off to bed.
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