Sunday, April 16, 2006

Day 12: Sunday, April 16

When I woke up this morning to frost on the windows, I was glad that we weren't sleeping outside. Keyes Creek Pass was only about 7 miles from Mitchell and the ride over was quick and pretty easy. About 20 miles after the pass, we entered John Day Fossil Beds National Monument.









The ride through John Day was picturesque. We stopped to hike up to an overlook just beyond the park. Unfortunately, Shayne got another flat tire shortly after Dayville. We spent most of the day riding and covered almost 70 miles. Tonight we are here at the Grant County Fairgrounds in the town of John Day. The next three passes are all within 30 miles of each other. The plan is to ride over all three tomorrow and then camp just outside Baker City, so we can do some shopping Tuesday morning in Baker City.