When I woke up on Wednesday morning, I decided I was over it: It was freezing cold (the temperature was 39 degrees, down from the high of 85 degrees the previous day), I was tired of sleeping on the ground, I was tired of rolling around in the dirt, I was tired of wearing clothes that had been wadded up and shoved in a duffle bag, I was sore from being on a bicycle 5 hours a day. I was done. So - I rolled over, and decided I was going to sleep in. So there.
As luck would have it, our route for the day was being cut short by a cattle drive (this is southeastern Oregon, after all...); 500 head of cattle were being driven down the highway near Frenchglen, so it was decided we would turn around before the cows and bikes crossed paths. Our route took us south on Highway 205 along the base of Jackass Mountain (really - not making the name up - and not sure which jackass it's named after), with beautiful views of Steens Mountain to the southeast of us. We turned around at the town of Frenchglen, and headed back the same way we came. The afternoon was again spent searching for shade, as temperatures climbed up towards 90 degrees - and after dinner, we were treated to a showing of the movie City Slickers, which takes on a whole new meeting when watching it in the middle of a cow pasture.
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| Route - Day 4 |
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| Sigh - a cattle drive cut our ride short just outside of Frenchglen |
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| The road crew, who is responsible for putting up the directional markers along the route, felt the need to identify this potential roadside hazard |
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| Riding in the shadow of Steens Mountain |
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| One of the rest stops along the route - in the shadow of the mesa |
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