Homeward Bound

With one week left of our trip, we climbed aboard the bikes and pointed them east. We were going to ride with Ron for a couple days, so we met at his place and he served up flaky biscuits and copious amounts of sausage gravy.
First we rode 224 to Detroit. This is always a great road, despite the elevated levels of lake traffic. Once in Detroit I was happy to see the reservoir was full - when we were here in March it was nearly dry.

Next we rode down to 242 and up to the lava fields, then to Sisters for lunch and gas. The temps were climbing into the 90s and no cloud in sight.
After lunch it was through Prineville, Spray and Kimberly. The terrain is more like the arid southwest than anything else, with few trees and little green. Traffic is light. At the end of the day we stopped at a campsite along the John Day river.