It was a pretty short riding day today, I was to the next camp by 10:30 a.m. The mileage was only 45.7 miles, but it was a hot day, The temp reached 96 degrees by mid-afternoon,
We had to ride on I-84 again today and a little farther than planned because the bridge was being replaced on the exit we had planned to exit on. That was a really scary time, as the traffic needed to merge to one lane and the shoulder was between a deep cut rumble strip and the concrete barriers with the truck whizzing by only a few feet away. It was only about 3 feet wide at most. We felt God’s protection, as we do each day, and all arrived safely.
Our camp for the night was in the very impoverished community of Huntington, OR. We are at the high school which looks like it is out of the 1940s. The last graduating class had 5 students. They play football in an 8 man league which is still a stretch. Well, I guess you get playing time anyway. The town has lost all the young people as there are no jobs here. At one time, the population was 5,000 and it is now 500, mostly retired or people on some kind of disability. In its heyday, the town was a railway center. We were able to help out the local few merchants with purchases, and I am pretty sure we pay them for the camping rights.
During dinner at night, a wind came up with not a cloud in the sky. This is not unusual in this part of the country when the temperature cools down at night. While we were eating, one tent broke loose and started rolling over and over, out of the football field, across a street and over a hill before someone ran it down. During the night the winds continued and became more gusty and a lot of people pulled up their tents and slept in the gym. Our tent held up, but it sure did make a lot of flapping noise and swayed a great deal. I had added 4 extra support pole ropes before going to bed, and they held up. It was not a good sleeping night.
We have a short day tomorrow and everyone can sleep in a little in the morning.
Love to all. P & J
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