Riggins, ID to Burns, OR

September 27

261 miles

Today was a lot of driving today with few stops & few opportunities to talk to anyone. Scenery is ranch land & farmland with mostly rolling hills and open valleys. I filled up with fuel in Idaho just a couple of miles before crossing back into Oregon. I paid $2.33/gallon today and that was nice since I put about 65 gallons in! I spent more than 20 minutes this morning washing my windshield—twice with bucket and squeegee & once with paper towel & Windex. I’m sure that there was not one square inch of windshield that didn’t have one or more bugs on it. Do you have any idea how big my windshield is?? When I fueled up, I washed it again for at least 10 minutes & it still looked terrible when I was done. In the morning, I will have to wash it yet again.

When I entered Oregon, the landscape became more & more dry as it seems to be high desert getting less than 10” per year of precipitation.

Tonight I'm staying in a very overpriced, old RV park in Burns, OR. I know, I can hardly find it on the map either. I pulled in just about 6:40 PM with no reservation so I couldn't be too picky. I asked the owner what winters were like & he had no idea. They've only lived here for 4 months! He may be in for a surprise.