Week 2 log

5/28 Day 8
Easton ~> Big Pines Recreation Site
Leave 9:00am • 53°F • sunny
Arrive 3:45pm • 70°F • sunny
60.53 total miles
3h 54m on bike
Pain at start: 0/10
Blue shirt, REI socks
Downhill mostly
Traffic on I-90, but none on other roads
Large shoulders, could sometimes bike on road
Stayed at Walmart
Paralleled the water from the river

5/29 Day 9
Rest day in Yakima

5/30 Day 10
Big Pines ~> Sunnyside
Leave 9:23am 57°F sunny
Arrive 4:05pm 71°F sunny
56.60 miles total
4h 22m on bike
Pain at start: 1/10
Gold shirt, REI cotton socks
Started downhill, then flat
2 flat tires (both goat's-head barbs)
Dog followed for 5.5 miles
Very light traffic
Wide shoulders
Lots of apple fields
Stayed at Walmart

5/31 Day 11
Sunnyside ~> Umatilla
Leave 8:18am 55°F sunny
Arrive 2:43pm 69°F sunny
57.28 miles total
4m 55m on bike
Pain at start: 0/10
(exhausting day)
Yellow shirt, cotton socks
Light hills
Light traffic
Wide Shoulders
Entered Oregon

6/1 Day 12
Umatilla ~> Pendleton
Leave 8:05am 53°F sunny
Arrive 3:45pm 73°F sunny
54.65 miles total
6h 4m on bike
Huge hills
Pain at start: 0.5/10
(exhausting day)
Gold shirt, REI socks
Medium traffic
Met a police officer
Stayed at hotel
Did laundry

6/2 Day 13
Pendleton ~> Baker City
Leave 9:15am 55°F cloudy
Arrive 4:40pm 72°F partly cloudy
80.82 miles total
5h 28m on bike
Pain at start: 0/10
Blue shirt, REI socks/REI cotton socks
Light traffic (interstate)
Wide shoulders
Attacked by a hawk
Forded a stream
Oregon Trail and Lewis and Clark Trail
Stayed in hotel

6/3 Day 14
Baker City ~> Ontario
Leave 9:06am (Pacific Time) 56°F mostly sunny
Arrive 5:52pm (Mountain Time) 74°F sunny
73.30 miles total
6h 16m on bike
Pain at start: 0/10
Gold shirt, REI socks
Light / medium traffic
No traffic on highway (old hwy 30)
Wide shoulders
Stayed at Walmart