early,
the
thaw
beginning,
and
crosstown
to
rendezvous
with
Marek
and
Amy
at
Pearl District
Starbucks.
A
great
visit, then
southwest 405 to
5 south, and
after a supply stop,
the
long
transit
of
Willamette
Valley,
various
Cascade-y
buttes
to
the
west
towards
Coberg
and
Eugene,
skies clearing a bit,
down into
Umpqua drainage,
Rice
Hill,
Sutherlin,
storied
Roseberg
Cliffs,
the
California-esque
Hills
of
Myrtle Creek /
Riddle,
Canyonville,
the beginning of the undulations
including
Glendale
and
Sunny Valleys,
prospects above Hugo / Merlin,
Grants Pass
upstream
past
Rogue River,
Table Rocks again,
Medford,
Phoenix,
Talent,
hallelujah
blue
skies
back in
Ashville,
petrol
again,
the
ascent to
Siskiyou
and
voila!
California!
Views
of
Mt.
Shasta,
Hornbrook / Henly,
Klamath
Canyon,
Anderson
Summit
and
Grade,
Yreka,
further
views
of
the
Cascades and
Klamaths to
Weed,
Black Butte,
Mt. Shasta City, and
Dunsmuir --
darkness unto Redding, eventually home... whew! 53rd day of fall, high up 2 to 64 (Troutdale / Portland, 36; Ashland, 48)...
