Up and on our way at 7:11. First stop Safeway for a Starbucks and pastry. Second stop a closed weigh station for breakfast.
Three ways to get to Redmond: Continue on Highway 26, through Hood River and The Dalles or through Maupin. Hood has too much traffic, The Dalles is to out of the way, so we took the Wapinita Highway to Maupin and then Highway 197 to Madras.
Madres is a small town on the Deschutes River. It has a really great fly shop and there is a lot of rafting done on this part of the river.
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First stop in redmond was the Original Pancake House for late breakfast/lunch combinatin. When living in Redmond, this was the breakfast place for us. They have by far the best bacon ever, which they say comes out of Montana. Next up was a trip out to the Terrebonne Pioneer Cemetery. We had hoped to see the grave of our very good friend Neil, who recently passed away, but both gates were locked and neither of us felt like climbing the fence.
Since it was close by, we drove over to Smith Rocks. This is a very rugged area for climbing and hiking. And it is not easy for either. These photos are the start of the hiking trail.
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After a stop at Fred Meyer to pick up some much needed water we explored (sometimes called just driving around) old haunts in Redmond waiting for our room to be ready. Needing to lighten up a little on our eating, we split a good club sandwitch.
Tomorrow we have a pretty full day visiting friends and taking care of a little personal business.
218.7 miles today.
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