 Matt, Markus, Stacy and Brien |
 Lunch at the Double Mountain Brewery |
 Getting our luggage delivered in Baker, Oregon |
 First night after dark activities |
 Love the bullet |
 First morning |
 Packing up in Baker |
 Tents are folded |
 Highschool kids take our gear |
 First little climb |
 The wide open road of Eastern Oregon |
 What is there not to love about this? |
 Yes! |
 Legs still have spring |
 Goat head can be pretty |
 Powder river |
 Sage brush country - and Brien |
 Horse barn |
 old stone house |
 Wallowa mountains |
 Lots of cattle |
 Gravel descent |
 Bombing down |
 Grass and sky |
 Beginning of the descent |
 Fellow biker |
 Twisty gravel |
 S curve |
 bag piper on the road |
 me too |
 first baby summit |
 Meiler |
 Camp setup in Halfway, Oregon |
 Halfway house |
 Its an artsy town |
 Mainstream in Halfway |
 We found our spot! |
 Road House |
 Our favorite spot |
 typical vehicles |
 Old style windows |
 Stacy stretching |
 Dinner |
 welcome cycle Oregon |
 nightly entertainment |
 local dancers |
 matt partakes |
 climb out of halfway |
 Morning light on the river |
 First long climb |
 Matt at the Hells Canyon overview summit |
 Hells canyon |
 viewpoint |
 At the edge of Hells Canyon |
 Posing with Chief Joseph |
 Arrived at Wallowa Lake |
 Mascot for CO |
 Posing with the bunny |
 Tired Stacy |
 Stage by the Lake |
 Day 2 recovery |
 Day 3 - at Chief Joseph's grave |
 The chiefs tomb stone |
 a toddler grave |
 Our CO crew |
 Barn on the way from Joseph to Enterprise |
 CO cycles by |
 The other side of this cool barn |
 Enterprise mural |
 Enterprise mural |
 Enterprise mural |
 Heading back into the hills |
 Farm and cyclist |
 Lunch stop |
 Lunch music |
 Free range chickens |
 Begging chickens |
 Cresting Matt |
 Brien arrives |
 Stacy made it |
 Elgin train tracks |
 Only one bar was open! |
 Elgin bar - local branding symbols on the wall |
 CO18: charging Iphone |
 Quilt raffle |
 Night in Elgin |
 Day 4 morning in Elgin |
 Sasquatch greets us |
 markus, sassy and Matt |
 Brien is hurting |
 Stacy, Sasquatch and Brien |
 Close-up portrait with the beast |
 Blue Mountain vista |
 Silly at the top |
 Local sign |
 mountain cabin |
 Brien - da man |
 Old buddies |
 Brien passing |
 Matt cruising |
 On the other side of the hill: views of the plains |
 Wheat field plains |
 Lunch music |
 High speed cornering |
 Our Pendleton home |
 Native camp at the Pendleton roundup |
 Electric bull |
 Old cowboy hotel |
 Spontaneous boogy |
 Pendleton hat store |
 Wheat fields outside of Pendleton |
 Cistern |
 Old grain store |
 Posing on our "rest" day |
 Grain store detail |
 Stacy cruising along the Umatilla River |
 Brien cruising along the Umatilla River |
 Padreman Weisensee cruising along the Umatilla River |
 Grumpy cruising along the Umatilla River |
 Umatilla River |
 Dance line-up |
 Flag bearers |
 Native Americans and our modern flag |
 Native American Dance |
 Native American Dance |
 Beautiful outfit |
 Burgers in Pendleton |
 Padreman |
 Eat |
 Pendleton Whisky |
 Climbing into the blue mountains on day 6 |
 cyclist silhouettes |
 Lunch swim |
 Cold water |
 Stacy's birthday aperitif |
 Union mansion |
 Young talent in Union |
 Drink in Coca Cola |
 Train |
 North Powder |
 Stag Motel |
 Stiff on day 7 |
 Stacy on day 7 |
 Brien on day 7 |
 Matt on day 7 |
 markus on day 7 |
 Finish line |