We start out early to great weather and have a long downhill ride for quite a few miles. Lots of Wind Mills here all along the tops of the gorge sides picking up the winds that howl down the gorge. We plan to stop in Patterson , a migrant hamlet for breakfast but it is not open so we push on to Umatilla, Population 5000 and join Suzanne at a great little coffee shop called the KISS cafe. Keep It Simple Suppers. Dianne is the owner and has bonded with Suzanne over coffee while waiting for us. KISS prepares dinners for cooking at home for busy workers or those who don't want to or who don't know how to cook. We linger here and Tom updates the crazyguy blog and we check emails and have a sandwich. We leave for Dorian campground and have an uneventful ride . Today we do 53 miles. Half a mile from the end, Bob gets a flat, but is able to pump up the tire to get to the campground. This campsite is the worst so far, dry and no water, dry toilet that is dirty. Lots of migrant workers here and also some campers pull in for the night. Some construction workers are camping here and they are noisy and less than wholesome. They go out drinking and come back at midnight waking everyone up , at least for awhile. Bob and John jump into the river here and find that it is not too clean, so we decide to drive up the road 10 miles to a park that has a swimming hole to wash off . We get ice cream on the way back and have sandwiches for dinner. None of us sleep well due to noise and we are up and out early on our way to Walla Walla where we will get a motel and take the rest of Sunday off. Hope it cools down tomorrow, we will have to dig out the battery fan for the van and it is pretty hot inside. Bob spends some time writing a letter of apology and inserting some money as he forgot to pay his check at KISS. We tell him he got the first flat due to bad karma.......
Jim Suzanne and Beau
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