Today was a big day for me! After over 21/2 months, I am finally in Oregon. The only appropriate comment is YaHoo!! Today, our hostess Debbie at Elkhorn B&B, fixed us a really wonderful breakfast! It was hard to not over eat! Bruce and I were on our bikes at 6:15 PST. It is always tough to get up so early, but once one is on the road, there are very few cars and trucks, almost no wind and the air is cool. We made great time for the first 14 miles to Cambridge in such fine conditions. At Cambridge we turned north on Hwy 71 and had a very gentle climb to the Brownlee Summit. From there we had a several mile descent to the Brownlee Reservoir and rode on the North side of the
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