Thunder and lightening and hail and freezing rain on Hells Canyon Scenic Byway, Oregon Highway 39. Kind of scary.
Started out at 7:30 a.m. It was raining a little but the darkest clouds I've ever seen loomed ahead - and went on as far as I could see. Couldn't decide whether to go a different route or stick to the plan to go up to the Hells Canyon Overlook. Anxious about finding gas out there in the woods -- knew it was 73 miles to the next town, and wasn't at all sure that town had a filling station. I can get 110 miles on the flats without bags...but with bags going up a mountain to 4,000 feet? Eek. Anxious about the road, which I'd heard was narrow, damaged and full of potholes. Anxious about being out there alone. What if something happened?
I sucked it in and kept going.
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