Out of the Rainbow to coffee at the D&M coffee something which was real good coffee. Down the road (highway 97) for a while through some soulful little places that hardy existed to a roadside rest that had a walk bridge across a river and a steep goat trail up a hill to an outcrop of basaltic columns. Hard climb for 30 minutes; harder down. Observatory state park near Goldendale for lunch of hardboiled egg and Nando sauce sandwich. Later at Crooked River canyon - Cove Pallisades state park bike ride. Through some other little soulful towns (such as the off-97 route through Antelope that Sharon will one day remember so fondly) and into Bend to buy camp chairs and another stranger tale from the Airbnb host who couldn't get rid of current guest and didn't know how to refund our payment and Sharon got spooked so we went to dinner at a Middle Easter/Lebanese place that was real good; I had two custom cocktails one of which was real good. Followed this bit of good luck by sliding into another Rainbow Motel for $61 and got the WIFI. Took a confusing solo bike in the chill early dark and barely was able to get back to the Rainbow but incidentally scored a battery at a vape shop for $5. Really lovely country, the West.
Miles driven ≈ 250
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