Little cottontail at Mike's Mom's

Just a few jack rabbits - there were over 20 when I walked out

Sunset at Powell Butte

WEDNESDAY August 4th

As usually, we woke up early. We decided to go have coffee before hitting the road. So, off we went to the Black Bear restaurant. We got there and the sign was lit up, the lights were all on, but no one was home. The place was closed. Right next door was a donut shop so we had coffee and donuts. Back to the condo to back up and hit the road. Oh, by the way, it is Hot August nights in Reno right now so there were a lot of really cool cars there. Wish I could put some photos on here.

We left Reno around 7 AM and headed north to Susanville where we took Hwy 139 north toward Klamath Falls. What a great road. Nice road surface, a good smattering of easy to do sweepers with the occasional 20 MPH curves. The road went through Ponderosa pine, scrub trees, past an occasional lake with beautiful vistas often. Mike and I really enjoyed that road.

Just before we got to Klamath Falls, we stopped in Tulelake and had lunch. We began to look at maps and our time and realized we would be in K Falls by 12:30 and decided it was to early to stop so we made the decision to go ahead and continue to Mike's Mom's place in Powell Butte, OR, which was only another 2 and a half hours up the road. Plus it had the added benefit of sleeping indoors, a shower and home cooked meals.

The only thing I can say about the road from K Falls to Powell Butte is......boring. And slow. The speed limit on that road is 55 MPH which feels like you are crawling after doing 70 most to the time. In Utah, Arizona, NM, and Colorado, that road would be 65 or 70!

Day 35 in the bag. Good night, sleep well, and God bless.