We left the State of Washington behind today and a great weekend camping location. We crossed the Columbia River in Kenniwick on a beautiful suspension bridge. We later rejoined the Columbia River and followed it as a wide lake/river for about 20-30 miles. The water is dammed up farther downstream. There were barren high hills on either side of the valley again. There are many places where powerful pumps draw the river water and pump it up the high hills to land that is farmed.
We left the river valley to head toward Pendleton, OR on highway 37. It was about a 1,000 foot climb up to the top of the high hills. We then went down the Cold Springs Canyon on a very lonely road that had few buildings and no villages for about 15-20 miles. Wheat fields suddenly appeared on the hills toward Pendleton and some has been harvested, some is green, and some is golden and nearly ready for harvest.
I had left a little earlier from camp this morning, as the forecast was for the low 90s and wanted to get some miles behind me before it warmed up. I arrived at the middle school we are camping at a little after 1:00. We are camped on the athletic field on a high hill that has a Best Western in view about a mile across the valley and that is very tempting and inviting.
We had a great lunch and service with the Family of Faith church of Kennewick Sunday morning. Their members had taken the photos and names of each biker on the tour and divided them up so each member had one to two to pray for the entire tour. The pastor’s family had my name on their fridge and I met the pastor’s wife and young son. That was really great. The pastor’s message focused on how we should imitate God’s grace by giving to those in need, without worrying about what we will receive in return, whether recognition or thinking we have earned a better standing with God. That is a timely reminder as there was local press around, covering the tour during the weekend.
Tomorrow looks to be a challenging day of climbing to I believe, LaGrande OR.
Love to all. P & J.
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Hey Pete and Julie, glad all is well keep up the good work and may God continue to bless you.
Liz
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