Prineville-Post-Elkhorn Camp via Coombs Flat Rd & Road 280?
Nadine fed us breakfast (Thanks Nadine !) and we were off again. The day was about 25 degrees cooler than day 1 due to a front passing through and the riding was very comfortable. We got spritzed a few times but there was never enough moisture to get the roads wet. It seems that we were riding eastward at about the same speed as the front was moving so we were under our own personal cloud all day. We had a brief stop at a small town called Post. This town has a population of 2 so we tripled the population when we arrived. The owner of the store was very chatty and informed us that there was a marker in the field that we just passed that marked the geographical center of Oregon. Onward to Elkhorn Camp. This turned out to be a short riding day as the campground was up a very gravelly forest road that we could not negotiate with our road bikes. So we piled the bikes on Cramalot and drove the 10 miles or so to camp. We had our choice of campsites as there was no-one else there. In fact, there was virtually no-one on the highway this day either ... only one convoy of fire fighters and Jim with the Jimmy and Cramalot. The area we were riding in had been very hot and smokey from fires the week before but the air was fresh this day. Sally had seen a sign pointing to some Agate Beds so after dinner Sally, Kay & I (Jim wisely stayed behind) drove several miles to find them. We found them ... at least the sign. I am sure that rock hounds know how to find agate but we were not well equipped with the tools or knowledge. All we saw were lots of holes in the ground where others had dug. It was a pretty location , though. When we arrived back in camp, Jim showed us a piece of agate he had picked up in camp and later Sally found a few more pieces that had apparently been discarded in camp by others. We had a restful mostly quiet time in camp that night. The only noises we heard were local herds of cattle chatting with each other from time to time.
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