July.25th 2009.
On a suggestion to visit Creator Lake in Oregon, I hoped through the redwoods on route 199 from northern CA. Beautiful ride. Was like riding though a Yogi Bear cartoon.
Anyway, as I crested the last mountian, I was hit with a 100+ deg wave of heat! What?!? It was already too late to try and get back through the pass(which was 80mi long). The trip was nearly my range to begin with, and I need to find gas before I could attempt it. But it was getting dark, and I was tired.
Wound up camping at an RV park as close to the border as possible. They were confused why I wanted to camp there, but took my money anyway. Had some drinks in the local bar accross the street. 3 beers = $4.75. Love it in the middle of nowhere!
Drunk(no dinner) and sleepy, passed out in my tent even though it was only 8pm. By 7am the next morning it was already 90deg! Ahh! I got on my bike and hightailed it back to the coast!
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