On Friday, we headed to the Ochocos for a bikepacking trip near Big Summit Prairie. Here I am just before heading out:
We had beautiful weather and a beautiful ride. I was an animal, as usual, and powered through 50 miles and 4k feet of climbing no problem.
We saw a bunch of cool old cars braving the washboards on the gravel roads.
We found a nice campsite next to a creek.
On our second day of riding, we saw a lot of wildflowers.
When we finished our ride, we found a great campsite for our camper.
On Sunday, we went for a hike on Lookout Mountain, where we saw the Motherlode cinnabar mine:
The hike was great, though the expected 7 miles turned out to be more like 10 (to be expected when you’re dealing with The Bigs), and there were loads of wildflowers.
They don’t show up well in the photo, but we could see ten Cascade volcanoes from the top.
Climbing wall for gnomes?
Looks like the weather cooperated with the camping trip. No food shots. Did they starve you?
Nice trip if not a bit rigorous 🤪I wish the wildflowers showed up better. And since there weren’t any food shots what do you eat while bikepacking??
Quite a trip. Beautiful weather. A trip you should have done while Pop and Nan were still visiting.
Not funny 😄
Another amazing trip!!! I like the climbing wall for gnomes… looks just like one!
I wonder what sort of food you pack for a trip like this….
You all have such strength and endurance! Phew!!!
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