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Ken called me today at about 5;30pm CST and informed me that he was smoking a big cigar, someone along the trip had given him, because he was now standing on a beach in the state of Oregon looking at the Pacific Ocean. After oer 2000 miles of trekn he [...]
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Got an IM update from Ken last night – earlier he had a flat by an RV park so he decided to stay the night. Instead of going to Bend Oregon he has decided to trek southwest to see Crater Lake. Next town enroute is Wagontire Oregon. He figures that he will be [...]
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Im leaving Burns Oregon this morning. I think Im heading toward Bend Oregon but I havent made up my mind yet. Its real hot and theres nothing out there for about 135 miles. I went over two passes yesterday, 4390ft and 4890ft and they werent too tough. After the 9666ft and 8400ft in [...]
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Heard from Ken this afternoon. He had just finished going about 40 miles into a town called Homedale ID. The night before he slept on the couch of a local sheriff and was given the royal treatment with a home cooked sausage and egg breakfast which included toast and a big glass of [...]
Ken,
When you get a chance can you blog a list of all the cities and towns that you have been thru? I want to update the Google map with all the towns and cities you have seen. We can also update each of the pointers on google maps with related links and your [...]
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Heard from Ken today. He was just getting ready to leave from Glenns Ferry Idaho. While in Glenn Ferry he met a crew of workers from Minnesota who were in Idaho working on the wind farms installing wind turbines. He was also blessed with a new tent from the owners of Trail Break [...]
Northwest or Southwest? Either way Im looking at over 200 miles of national forests, parks, and wilderness areas to get through to Idaho Falls. North would add to the total mileage through the wilderness but then Id be going through Yellowstone too. South would be less wilderness type accommodations but a supply stop would be [...]
Chatted with Ken this evening and got an update on hus status. He had a pretty treacherous ride thru the black hills from Keystone, SD to Custer,SD. The “hill” was about 6000 ft elevation. It was raining and hailing on him off and on but the he has got an even bigger hill to tackle [...]
Did 64 miles today and its about to get ugly. I gotta leave Buffalo tomorrow and theres a 9000ft pass I have to deal with about a mile into the ride out of town. I looked into other routes but they all take me too far out of my way so Im just gonna suck [...]
Well it stopped raining long enough for me to get my camp packed up but about 3 miles into the day what do ya know? It started raining again. All I could do was laugh. The cool thing was I went 33 miles like it was nothing. Seriously, even though it was wet out, the [...]