DAy sixty nine, baker city, oregon to Madras, Oregon

We awoke on day sixty nine to a steady downpour of rain as ourselves and the 82 Triumph riders at the Baker City Triumph rally prepared to head home. Lucky most of them had their wet weather gear. I felt sorry for a few Tuff guy Harley riders who were heading off with their open face helmets and sunnies on, in the cold rain.

For us, the planned route for today was a circuitous route of Twisties roads meandering south, then north then west across Oregon to eventually get us to Madras in central Oregon, about 430 kms worth.

Practicality and Comfort ruled and we planned a re route to make the ride 285 kms of slightly less Twisties roads to make life easier in the rain. The 7 south and the 26 west was chosen, a route many of the Triumph riders were using to head home to western Oregon as well.

75 kms into the ride, raining all the way, it was time for a coffee break where Route 7 met Route 26 West. Temps were about 10 degrees at this point and we thought it was cold.

The rain stopped during the coffee break and the rest of the day was actually quite a nice ride, Route 26 turned out to be quite a scenic ride, getting us to the town of Madras about 3.30 pm. We won,t extol the virtues of Madras as there aren,t any, but there you go, that was day sixty nine.