Pedal On and On...: Day 7 - 80 Miles in Biking Heaven

Sunday, June 26, 2011

Day 7 - 80 Miles in Biking Heaven

Baker City, OR to Ontario, OR

Distance: 85 miles
Time: 5.5 hrs
Elevation Gain: 1,883 ft

Sunny blue sky's: Check
Moderate temperatures: Check
Country roads: Check
Great scenery: Check
Great people to ride with: Check
Eat all the food you want: Check
Downhill most of the day: CHECK and CHECK!!

All the things that make for a fantastic ride.

Today was a great day for a bike ride! A relatively easy 80 miles, we were told that today was going to be one of the easiest days on the tour. We dropped down from about 4,000 ft to about 2,200 ft. We left the snow covered mountains and the pine forests and road into open country with rolling hills. We past several long freight trains that went on for miles. We road several miles on interstate I-84 E today and had to be careful to dodge all the debris on the shoulder where we road. At mile 55 we road along the Snake River to our 2nd SAG stop at mile 58. The weather was cool with sunny sky's in the morning and warmed up to the high 80's in the afternoon. The wind was mild with a light tail wind most of the day. Tomorrow we leave Oregon and cross the state line into Idaho, we have a short 64 mile ride to Boise and the next will be a rest day.

Link to my GPS Rout