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| After crossing into Oregon some
dessert hills
show up and make for a lonely but interesting
ride. |
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| The first part of the road from
Jordan Valley, Oregon to Silver City Ghost Town
is a wide, easy gravel
road. |
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| Then the road
narrows and soon gets steep with areas
of bare rock sticking out of the mostly dirt
road. The first miles are very easy while the
last 10 miles are quite rough. |
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| There is a small BLM
campground with pit toilet right
outside of Silver City Ghost Town. We were told
that it fills up quickly on summer weekends. |
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| After we put up the tent I
discovered my
first flat tire. It was bound to happen
at some point, and of course it would happen in
a ghost town in the middle of nowhere. But
still, first flat after 225,000 km (140,000
miles), I can't complain. |
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| We walked around town and
discovered that it actually isn't quite as dead
as we expected. Several people live up there
(during the summer) and even the hotel is still
open. The roads
in town are not any better than the
road that leads to it.
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