It was a chilly morning as always 51 F according to the news. I left Alturas, CA at 8:45 AM on RT 395 North. I filled my tank and headed towards Boise, Idaho.The air was clear and the road interesting. Lost of trees and state forest around me.
Everything was fine until I got to Lake View, Oregon. I was enjoying the ride as the road takes you around Lake Goose, a weird alkaline lake with beautiful views.
The thing is that I did not notice that the next gas station was going to be 111 miles away. Hopefully, I had my tank full and for the next 163 miles I was going to be crossing through some scary desert wondering when I was going to run out of gas.
At the end, where RT 395 intersects 20, I found a tiny little town of 100 people called Riley. I finally saw the light. I filled my tank again when I was 8 miles into my gas reserve. The next town was Burns 21 miles away. I don't think I was going to be able to do it if I didn't find Riley.
I followed 20 until I found I 84 to take it express to Mountain Home, Idaho passing by Boise. Tomorrow, I am hoping to be in Yellow Stone and take a look at Old Faithful.
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Beautiful building from the 1700's in Alturas, CA |
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395N still in California. Altitude 4,000 feet beautiful forest around me |
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Lake Goose, an alkaline lake between California and Oregon. Altitude 4,500 feet |
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Official photo entering to Oregon. I could not take one entering Idaho. |
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Lake Goose |
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And here boys is what I saw for 111 miles. I thought I was going to run out of gas. It was so disappointing to climb up a hill and then see something similar to this picture again for miles. |
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Sage brushes left and right. I was almost peeing on my pants. My head planning what was I going to do if I run out of gas. Pretty intimidating!!! |
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In Oregon, I started to go down hill towards Idaho. |
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Temperatures started to climb again to 75 F but felt comfortable. |
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Along canyons and following the Malheur River (a tributary of the Snake River). |
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Snake River and the Snake Valley. Lot's of potatoes and onions here. I was already in the Idaho side. |
Today's route:
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Map of my general location in the country.
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