We awoke in Lakeview to the sound of trucks rumbling past our hotel window.  We went to bed knowing that we were in a corner room closest to the intersection so it wasn’t a complete surprise.  The thing that was a surprise was just how comfortable the Tempurpedic mattress was.  When we were looking for…

“Now wait a minute,” you may be asking yourself.  “This route isn’t southeast into Nevada.  This route looks to be headed southwest into California.”  Right  you are my astute map readers.  The same band of roving merry makers that had settled in John Day had moved their silliness to Winnemucca.  Every hotel that we looked…

After waking in the hotel of despair we headed to the same restaurant we had dinner at mainly because they had a working Internet connection and we needed our fix.  There we had an awesome breakfast (much better than dinner), and plotted out our day.  With a unanimous vote we decided on a short ride…

So I’m writing this on my iPhone because apparently John Day is the most interesting town in eastern Oregon. “How do I know this,” you might ask?  Simple.  Every hotel in this town is packed.  Had we not called ahead to the one we’re in now we would have been staring at the stars.  Alright…

If you read my previous post you’d know that we had an awful lot to do this morning so a late start goes without saying.  Thanks to my slacking there were several nasty surprises.  First and foremost was the GPS power cord.  Over the last year the connector that plugs into the GPS had become…

It is the night before our longest road trip ever. Originally the plan had been to ride up to Alaska and then take the ferry system back down. After some serious thinking I’d decided that something in then lower 48 would probably be a bit more reasonable. First, we wouldn’t be as rushed. Second, this…