Our worst weather was in Montana when we had rain. It was bad when we left on the 22nd and made our way to Butte. Got caught in a downpour 20 miles east of Livingston. We wanted to make it to Butte before the bad stuff came.
On this trip we stayed in Best Western motels, you know what you are going to get and they are always nice. We have stayed at the Butte one before. We were going to walk across the street to eat at the Mexican restaurant but it was raining so bad that we ate in Perkins inside the motel. Since we were guests we got a discount.
Saturday morning was nothing but rain for 400 miles. It was just socked in at Butte. From Butte we rode through the Wise River Valley and then made our way south through Salmon Idaho. It was a long day over 400 miles to our next stop in Ontario Oregon. We were glad to reach Ontario, finally got out of rain.
Sunday we made our way to Redmond Oregon. Our friend Marty lead the whole way on the trip. He just got a new bike and it came with GPS already on it. Needless to say we had an interesting trip following the GPS instead of the road signs. We found where the onion fields are in Oregon.
Driving in Oregon is slow, 55 on the two lane and you are not allowed to pump your own gas. The attendant's wouldn't let you swipe your own card. Some didn't care. The attendant would hand the guys the pump and then they could pump. Gas was expensive in Oregon, so you paid for it.
We made it to Newport on Monday, found where the guys fishing charter was located, got all the information that they needed for Tuesday morning.
Saw some beautiful sights to Newport. No photos the first two days, just too rainy to get the camera out. We saw the Painted Hills, a covered bridge and a ton of trees.
The group photo was taken at Mount Washington in the Deschutes National Forest just out of Sisters Oregon.
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| Marty & Vickie Davis; Patty & Ron Steigerwald; and us. |
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