Scenic ride along the John Day River on Oregon State Highway 19 from USA West 2020 Day 7. The river, town and the fossil beds National Monument are named after John Day, here is a bit of interesting history on his notoriety from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Day_(trapper)
Scenic ride through the arid hills along Oregon State Highway 206 (Wasco-Heppner Hwy) northwest of Condon, Oregon. From USA West 2020 Day 7.
Scenic ride just south of the little town of Condon, Oregon on State Highway 19 from USA West 2020 Day 7.
This video from USA West 2020 Day 7 I visit the Stonehenge World War 1 memorial built in 1918 by Samuel Hill and roll through the village of Maryhill Washingon.
For more information about Samuel Hill Click Here
For more information about the Maryhill Stonehenge World War 1 Memorial Click Here
The USA West 2020 Day 6 video has been posted on YouTube.
This video is not as long as some of the other full day videos (long is a relative term lol). I start out with leaving the Davenport Grand Hotel in Spokane, WA and roll Southwest via US Highway 395 with a stop in Paso, WA for laundry and a delicious lunch of Costco canned Chili, Tabasco and Diet Coke. Then I roll onwards via Washington State Highway 14 to John Day Dam where I setup camp.
The USA West 2020 Day 5 Video has been posted on YouTube. It is a long video, skip around the video, play the background, watch it in 4K on your TV :).
This video starts at the Ferry Dock in Port Townsend, WA and some footage of the ferry ride to Whidbey Island. Next I ride through Whidbey Island to Deception Pass. From Deception Pass I ride down to US Highway 2 and roll East through the mountains over Stevens Pass and Eastward into the high plains to Spokane, WA.
Here is the highlight video from USA West 2020 Day 6 Video that will be available soon.
Here are a couple highlight videos from the USA West 2020 Day 5 Video that should be available in a day or so.
I woke up around 7 AM to the sound of the wind rustling through the tops of the nearby Redwoods, nice. I heated some breakfast (Mountain House Breakfast Skillet) and started to break down camp after eating, took some more photos of the area, finished breaking down camp, and packed up Dexter. It was now about 9:30 AM and good grief the sun was already hot and I was sweating heavily. So I mounted Dexter and rode briefly to seek cool refuge among the towering Redwoods within the State Park.
As stated in Day 1, I arrived at the hotel in Martinez, California at about 2 AM, it was about 4:30 AM by the time I actually wrapped with the nightly chores for preparation for the next day, ate a little bit, and just let the road adrenaline wear off enough where I actually could fall asleep. I forgot to mention that check in took a little bit longer than expected. My reservation I made with an online travel service somehow magically cancelled itself. Not a big deal, but the extra 15 minutes was grating on me after a long hard day / night.
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