Day seventy one, klamath falls,or, to burney , ca.

That wee comment passed on to us that summer has been turned off in Oregon pretty much sits right as we wake up to 6 degrees in Klamath Falls. Mark and Tracey head off today so we leave town on Route 97 to ride the 75 kms down to Weed, where we will do coffee before they head down to Sacramento.

I was expecting Route 97 to be more farmland and stuff, don,t know why, but it is called the volcanic legacy scenic byway, but it was quite an elevated ride all the way, coming over one of several passes and summits we were met with a stunning view of Mt Shasta, briefly, before it disappeared behind clouds. Looks a bit like a giant version of Mt Taranaki looked at from Manaia, with the Mountain on the left and a much larger version of Fanthams peak to its right. A nice scenic ride to Weed where we had coffee.

Now you can imagine all the logo shops at Weed and how they are making money from Tourism over its name, but Truth is Weed was the surname of a bloke back in the day who set the town up on the back of a successful forestry operation, not the weed you assume it might be named after. Cute town none the less.

We bade farewell to Mark and Tracey who rocked on down the 5 to Sacramento while we veered off at Mt Shasta to follow route 89, the Lassen Volcanic scenic byway to the wee town of Burney, about the size of Inglewood.

The accomm at the Green Gables Motel was OK, good restaurant across the road. I had 40 winks in the afternoon while Bryn, Red and Corina shot back to Burney Falls which they said was worth the ride. All in all a good days ride, even though it was only 12 degrees when we arrived and Mark and Tracey were reporting 29 degrees where they were south of Sacramento.

In our defence, we are still in the Mountains, right? We have to expect it to be a tad cooler. Needless to say, no swimming pool is needed and the aircon units in the motels have not been turned on for a few days now!!