update

We are currently sitting in the Crook county library just outside of Sister, OR. Yesterday we climbed and descended Mckinzee pass, about 5,234 feet. Going up took about three hours and we were down in less than one. A very fun descent, atop the pass is scenes of the three sisters mountains and a huge crater from an extinct volcano. The entire ride along the top you're surrounded by porus, inky black rock, broken only by the occasional pine or spruce tree forcing its way through. Right next to the peak of the pass is an observatory which was built early in the 20th century. In reality it just looks like a short black tower form a medeival castle. Now we're approaching the nomands land of Eastern Oregon. Hopefully it will past quickly with these heavey tailwinds.                                                                                                    -Dan