Today I started out really early and hit mazama pass. This pass was much worse than it looked. A 3.5k foot climb in the desert. No fun. The cafe in Mazama was very nice, but not worth the ride. I made it over the pass and into Republic about 1:30 in the afternoon. Everyone I talked to in town said the next pass was high, but not too bad since the road had just been resurfaced. I saw there was a campsite near the peak of the pass, and I figured even I could make it up the pass in 5 hours before the light failed, and I could just camp on the peak. The pass was no fun, as any 2.5k foot climb would be, but I go to the top near dusk.....only to find
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