almost midnight

 The weather looked crappy, and it was, and I thought about not going east to try to see the sun’s eclipse.

I didn’t want to sit here and think "I shoulda gone" so I did. 

Go, that is.

A little thought might have helped; driving east, the sun was behind me so, had I been able to see much of it, I wouldn’t have seen the eclipse.

Another thing is this: Peter Skeen Ogden state park/rest area is NOT on US 26.

I drove 26 all the way to Prineville – 140 miles, and thought, "oh shit, I missed it".  No one knew what I was asking about at the McDonalds I finally stopped at.

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Slow burn in the parking lot by me.

And then I pulled out a AAA map.

The Peter Skeen Ogden rest area is on US 97, not US 26.

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I would write a self-deprecating entry about being less than brilliant, but I don’t feel like running myself down.

It turned out I was about 25 miles southeast of the rest area on 97; 97 and 26 split just south of Madras, so I cut up to Redmond from Prineville on OR 126 and ran into 97/26, again, and did indeed find Peter Skeen Ogden roadside rest area.

The eclipse was long past by then, and the light was going, but I got out and took some pictures anyway; since I recently got home, they are still in the camera.  I’ll edit them tomorrow and post any that I like.

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The sum of the day’s drive:

6 hours 14 minutes engine run time, 301.5 miles traveled.  Highest speed 80 mph, average speed, 50 mph.

I’m not sure how many pictures I took; more than a few, but we’ll see what we have tomorrow.

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I LIKE central Oregon; the land around Warm Springs calls to me; it reminds me of Arizona, where I lived in the late 70’s.

 

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