Baker City R&R

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Today was s good Rest and Recovery Day for both Bruce and myself.

We slept in, ate a leisurely breakfast in our cozy little 2 BR Air B&B and spent some time planning for tomorrow.

It will be another long day, climbing over three mountain passes and the temperature will be a record hot day.

We are planning to be riding our bikes about 5am to put a good deal of the ride in before it gets rediculously hot.

Today we both got haircuts and my beard is gone!

I was tired of looking like an old homeless guy!

We also spent some time at the Baker Heritage Museum where we learned about the history of Baker County.

As with most of the American West, early settlers in the Baker area were in search of Gold.

Baker City was also a stopping point on the Oregon trail but those settlers kept going West.

Baker City was named after Senator Edward Dixon Baker who was killed in 1861 at the Battle of Ball’s Buff in the Civil War.

Until Tomorrow.

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Photos

Penny Farthing
Anybody want to ride this?

Senator Edwin Baker
Killed in the Civil War

Comments

[Breanna]

Getting close!
Congratulations on being almost done! I know if must feel good in the heat to be down the face fur :) Hope your Air BnB was nicer than our one in Albany. keep up the great work dad!!! Love, Breanna

[Pilotbob]

Love you back
Yes, it is good to rid of the beard. Mom filled me in on some of the details of your first few days. Sounds like you love it there.