We got an early start to beat the heat out from where it collects in the depths of the Snake River valley. We would climb 1400 feet up to Pomeroy, which the forecast said would grant us mid-80s highs rather than mid-90s, but we’ll see! Retrieving our groceries from the cooler left out in front… Read more…

Dad had the smart idea to just book two nights for themselves at the campground, so that if we weren’t able to make our schedule, we’d still at least have one night together (even better, he booked Monday and Tuesday, whereas our original schedule had us getting there on Sunday, so that encouraged us to… Read more…

We were out early to beat the heat on another hot, dry day. WA-260 and WA-261, our only roads for the day, were absolutely superb biking roads. Barely any traffic, and almost all of it moved completely into the opposite lane when passing (displaying further positive Mexican cultural influence in this region!). Even though we… Read more…

It’s 64 miles from Othello to Lyons Ferry, which is a bit too far to be fun for us. The only other thing between the two places is the small town of Connell, and their one motel is the only lodging, so we were facing an easy 24 mile roof-to-roof day. The only problem is… Read more…

Deep in the heat of the Columbia Gorge we had planned to sleep without the rainfly on the tent. But then, for the second night in a row, a strong sunset wind had come up out of nowhere. And this one seemed even stronger than the night before, maybe steady at 30mph and cresting higher.… Read more…

The strong wind that picked up near sunset last night continued all night long, and the noise of it blowing and flapping the tent’s rainfly made the noise of the also-all-night sprinkler a bit irrelevant. In contrast to the 45F temperatures we had greeting us the last two mornings, we were up to 57F this… Read more…