Posted on by Dr. J

June 28 pictures

Hi! We arrived in Missoula, MT today at about 7:30 PM. It was a long, hot, and hard ride and we are very thankful to be at the Shady Spruce Hostel just a block behind the Adventure Cycling Association headquarters–which we’ll visit tomorrow. 

Now that I have some good wifi I wanted to share some of the pictures that were missing in the earlier posts. The following photos go with the June 28 post. Sorry that the pictures are out of order. 

Toasting in the heat of Hells Canyon.
Hells Canyon
Hells Canyon
Not sure how well this picture captures it, but if you look carefully at the hill ahead of us, you can see tiny cars switchbacking up to the top. This is Richland Grade. It was daunting at first sight. The summit is actually a long ways beyond what is visible in the picture.
This is at Oxbow Dam, where we stayed the night. Rocky is trying his hand at drawing a sketch of the beautiful hillside while I work on dinner.
This pictures captures the arid conditions of Hells Canyon.
Notice Rocky’s reaction to Richland Grade 😀 We’re at the bottom, just fixing to begin our climb.

The summit signs are becoming our favorite photo shoots 🙂 This was the summit sign at the top of Richland Grade.
This Oregon Trail Memorial was 8 miles outside of Baker City, OR. Unfortunately we were riding by too early to visit the Interpretive Center.