WE GET UP LATE, ENJOY A COFFEE, THEN HEAD  EAST OVER THE MTNS TO DETROIT,OR.   THRU THE LAVA MTNS  NEAR SISTERS VIA MCKENZIE HIGHWAY, , AND WE WILL TAKE A QUIET BACK ROAD ACROSS OREGON TO ONTARIO.
ANOTHER GREAT DAY OUT, HOT AND CLEAR!

HEADING EAST UP THE MTN ON #22

OLD MCKENZIE HIGHWAY..VERY COOL RIDE..TONS OF SUPER TIGHT SWITCHBACKS  CLIMBING UP THE EST SIDE AND COOL LAVE FIELDS UP TOP..
 

 GREAT  RIDE THRU HERE!! MIGHT HURT TO MISS A CORNER THO!!

PITSTOP  IN SISTERS, OREGON . AFTER WE GET OVER THE OLD MCKENZIE HIGHWAY..THATS THE MTNS IN THE BACKGROUND WE JUST CAME THROUGH!
GREAT RIDE!!

back on the flats heading east..we take a  different route than we have before..so far we liked  #26  THE BEST as it had some good pass's on it,AND THE AWESOME PAIR TREE... but this time we take the Paulina Hiway #38 across to Burns CAUSE  ITS ONE WE HAVN'T DONE.

BACK IN THE DESERT...HARD TO AVOID IT IN CENTRAL OREGON,  BUT THIS IS A nice narrow road, lotsa SWEEPING CURVES IN SMALL CANYONS,, and We expect it to be deserted....and it is..we see 2 cars  the whole afternoon! perfect!

I I GET AHEAD A FEW MILES, I HIDE BEHIND A  ROW OF SAGE..., CALE RIPS BY...I SNEAK UP ON HIM LATER ON..:)

WE STOP  FOR LUNCH AT  THE FIRST TOWN..WELL, SEEMS WE HAVE NO CASH..WE NEED CASH OUT HERE.....THERE REALLY ARN'T MUCH FOR TOWNS. WE  GO PAST PAULINA WAITING FOR A BIGGER  PLACE..THERE AINT!!!

NOW I AM HUNGRY!! WHAT TO EAT?
YES WE ALWAYS CARRY DRINKS, SO NO HEADACHES AT LEAST.

AWAY WE GO...ROAD IS A LOT OF FUN AT THE RIGHT SPEED!

SOMEWHERE NEAR SUPLEE, OR. HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND BACK IN THE TREE'S.

UH -OH! WE TURN SOUTH  NEAR Suplee ON THE WRONG TRAIL...CALE REALLY DOENT LIKE GRAVEL..REALLY .DOESNT BUG ME ANY AS   KINDA FUN, BUT HE HAS A FIT AND WE GO BACK

AND CONTINUE EAST ON IZZY HIGHWAY TO 395 AND SOUTH TO BURNS.

WE GET SOME ELEVATION AND BACK INTO THE FOREST!
NICE ROAD ALSO!
CALE SAYS I TOLD YOU TO STAY ON THE PAVEMENT!!

ALMOST LIKE THE PRAIRIE, BUT  BENT A LOT AND MUCH BETTER, BUT  ITS TIME TO GET OUTA THIS AND BACK UP!

 IZZY OREGON..WHO WOULDA THOUGHT IT WAS LIKE THIS??  OR LIKE ANYTHING ACTUALLY!
 

BACK TO CIVILIZATION I GUESS...AND FOOD 50 MILES AWAY!!!

AND A STRAIGHTAWAY!!  WEIRD!

a
ahh..back to a bit of good stuff on 395..., then into Burns for a late lunch!

YES ITS FLAT HERE!! AND HOT! NOT FOR LONG THOUGH.

The locals tell us to  stop uptown at a bar called the central pastime..great food it was! Thanks!!
 
 
 

now. east on  #20 to ONTARIO FOR THE NIGHT

ITS A BIT FLAT OUTA BURNS SO I  TRY TO KEEP OCCUPIED!

ROAD IS GOOD.WE GO OVER 3 PASS'S..NOTHING HAIRY, BUT LOTSA UP AND DOWN AND AROUND IN THE CANYONS AND NOP TRAFFIC AGAIN. THIS IS JUST EAST OF JUNTURA.
 
 

WE GET INTO ONTARIO EARLY. SHUT HER DOWN AND GO FOR A NICE MEAL! AROUND 850KM TODAY, EASY MILES WITH ZERO TRAFFIC!  THIS ROUTE HAS BEEN AS GOOD AS ANY OTHER TO GO E/W ACROSS OREGON WE HAVE TAKEN OVER THE YEARS.

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