A day ride in Eastern Oregon. We made a big loop starting and ending in Nyssa, OR. Most of the time was spent on backroads with only the dash home from Harper on pavement...in the dark. Rocky roads slowed us down quite a bit so we bypassed a lot of side trips I had planned.
We start our ride at the crack of 1:00 P.M.
Because of the late start, we must stop and eat lunch
We ate soup & samiches at The Thunderegg Coffee Co. Yum.
Found this dinosaur as we entered Twin Springs. It's a bit parch out there this time of year.
From Twin Springs we heard the call "Head West Young Man". 'Cept I don't qualify as young anymore unless we're using dinosaur years
The water WAS NOT flowing through Dry Creek when we passed by. But it was bumpy.
The old cowboy cabin looks thirsty too
Down the road a bit we take a break at a slightly more modern cowboy cabin. By Mrs. Admiral's comments about the condition of the place, we should rename it a rat cabin.
To keep the cowboy cabin theme going, we took a short detour south to Coyote Wells cowboy cabin.
It's fixer-upper days are just about gone
Don't rely on the signs for directions. They're a bit on the weathered side
Bit easier to read on the north side of the sign despite all the cowboys mistaken the sign as a coyote er supp'in
A thundering heard of 3 Mule Deer crossed the road in front of me. They crossed in between Mrs. Admiral and I. She missed seeing them, I missed hitting them.
You can barely see #3 just off the road on the right
#4 didn't cross the road but followed us around the fenceline.
Only behind our time schedule by about 2 1/2 hours we do a driveby through Harper, OR. Things are a little quiet here these days.
But the school built in 1930 is still pretty active for all the ranch kids in Harper Valley. I'm curious if they call the local Parent Teacher Association the "Harper Valley PTA"?
Better internet picture of the old school still in use. Looks cool
We needed to be home by 8:00. Mrs. Admiral wanted us to get home no later than 7:00. I wanted a buffer so I hoped for 6:00. We made it home at 8:30. After dark no less, go figure!
We start our ride at the crack of 1:00 P.M.
Because of the late start, we must stop and eat lunch
We ate soup & samiches at The Thunderegg Coffee Co. Yum.
Found this dinosaur as we entered Twin Springs. It's a bit parch out there this time of year.
From Twin Springs we heard the call "Head West Young Man". 'Cept I don't qualify as young anymore unless we're using dinosaur years
The water WAS NOT flowing through Dry Creek when we passed by. But it was bumpy.
The old cowboy cabin looks thirsty too
Down the road a bit we take a break at a slightly more modern cowboy cabin. By Mrs. Admiral's comments about the condition of the place, we should rename it a rat cabin.
To keep the cowboy cabin theme going, we took a short detour south to Coyote Wells cowboy cabin.
It's fixer-upper days are just about gone
Don't rely on the signs for directions. They're a bit on the weathered side
Bit easier to read on the north side of the sign despite all the cowboys mistaken the sign as a coyote er supp'in
A thundering heard of 3 Mule Deer crossed the road in front of me. They crossed in between Mrs. Admiral and I. She missed seeing them, I missed hitting them.
You can barely see #3 just off the road on the right
#4 didn't cross the road but followed us around the fenceline.
Only behind our time schedule by about 2 1/2 hours we do a driveby through Harper, OR. Things are a little quiet here these days.
But the school built in 1930 is still pretty active for all the ranch kids in Harper Valley. I'm curious if they call the local Parent Teacher Association the "Harper Valley PTA"?
Better internet picture of the old school still in use. Looks cool
We needed to be home by 8:00. Mrs. Admiral wanted us to get home no later than 7:00. I wanted a buffer so I hoped for 6:00. We made it home at 8:30. After dark no less, go figure!