Day 6 - Can You Say Headwinds

Day 6 - Chiloquin to Klamath Falls
The storm that was lurking off the coast is headed our way.

This is the most artistic display of barbed wire we've seen. It hangs in the motels's restaurant where we had breakfast.

It is windier this morning but also a little warmer than yesterday 

Darn wind sock anyway!

We stopped at the store to get bananas but they didn't have any. Their sign said 66F but didn't tell us wind speed. Maybe we really didn't want to know anyway.

The most beautiful roadkill we've seen. A sad way to see an owl this close.

The Sprague River with storm clouds on the horizon. Fortunately, they stayed there all morning.

Darn headwind.....it is blowing 10-15 mph now.

Reaching open water didn't help either. What did help was when 3 semis in a row passed us and we could semi-surf a couple extra mph for a bit. 

Looks like we are staying ahead of the storm so far. The birds seem to be really enjoying the day and Donna is too except she doesn't hover very well.

Taking pictures was a good excuse to take a wind break.

So we took a bunch!

It ONLY took us 3 hours to reach Hagelstein Park, 16 miles from our start.

What you can't see is that we now have a quartering headwind which is almost harder than the straight-on headwind. When trucks go by balancing is the job at hand. The winds are getting stronger and stronger too.  We were beginning to think the wind speeds were approaching the highs highs for the day, 25 mph with gusts to 30 mph . Our arms were actually more tired than our legs at this point. 

The birds are taking a break too. There are pelicans, great egrets, gulls and more that we couldn't identify. The basin is bird heaven.

Hurray! We made it! Soooo happy to see this sign.

The advantage to being done riding by 1:00 was that we missed the REAL wind (25-30 mph) and had time to explore downtown.

A little bit of Hawaii in the Klamath Basin. They even offered Hawaiian quilting classes.

A good dinner spot conveniently right next door to our motel.

A nice way to end our first week on the road. The wind even gave us time to blog, something we weren't sure we would start this time out. 230 miles and lots of smiles.