This came to me from Adventure Cycling Association’s Bike Bits email newsletter:
“All bicycles weigh fifty pounds. A thirty-pound bicycle needs a twenty-pound lock. A forty-pound bicycle needs a ten-pound lock. A fifty-pound bicycle doesn’t need a lock.”
— Anonymous
My bike, with all it’s gear attached, weighs between 80 and 90 pounds, depending on how much food and water I’m carrying.
I guess I should have left the lock at home.
I crossed the Snake River this morning and that marked my entrance into the state of Oregon.
I started the day in Nampa, Idaho. I wasn’t able to update the web site on yesterday’s ride because I stayed in a motel in downtown Nampa and it didn’t have internet access. I had hoped for a campground in Nampa, but there was nothing except RV parks so I found a motel that looked OK as I viewed it from the outside standing in the hot sun. On the inside, however, it was a bit on the rough side. For example, the door lock mechanism looked like it was fairly new, which is good, but it looked like it was new because the door had recently been bashed in from the outside. I think this one will rank with some the top, seedy motels Pat and I stayed at on our Dream Tour back in 2006.
Despite my worries and the appearance of the room, I slept soundly, woke up early and was on the road by 5:45 AM. By 11 AM, I was in Ontario, Oregon looking for a place to stay. Again, nothing but RV parks in town, so I’m staying at a very nice Best Western.
Tomorrow, which was supposed to be a rest day for me, I’m headed to Vale, Oregon. It’s a very short 20 miles from here. I had a choice: I could either take the rest day in Ontario like I planned and then ride 84 miles to Unity, Oregon (the next place past Vale that I’m sure has food, water, and lodging) or I can do 20 miles tomorrow on a rest day and then ride the remaining 64 miles to Unity.
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