The other side of Oregon

[pdedse]

Fossil, Oregon... find someplace to stay: ok, one not very nice motel with a/c maybe not working at $55, or a BnB at $76, the Hyatt House. I chose the latter...


Chris is the owner and the house is immense. He said he and his wife moved to Fossil over three years ago, bought the house, renovated it and now as a B&B and his wife's part-time job they do good enough. I asked him if he missed Portland at all and he said not a bit.

If it were me I might miss having an open restaurant to go to. Maybe it was just bad luck, but all 3 restaurants the town has were closed for the day. Supermarket was open till 7pm so that and microwave made for dinner. But the Hyatt House was nice.


Comfy room with terrace overlooking the street.




Kind of warm, but once the sun went down, open the windows and with floor fan, it was nice. I love central Oregon, so different than the wet side.



This morning, had breakfast at the same time Chris and his wife were having theirs, a bit of conversation. Nice folks. Had it been me, I might have opted to start up a B&B in a bit more lively town, but I like what they did with the house.

Had to decide what to do for the day's ride. I wanted to see the Painted Desert which I passed by a few years back on another ride, but didn't have the time to take it in.

Headed south on 19 and right outside of town, ran into a flock of wild turkeys, about 15 altogether.



Temps were supposed to rise to 106 in this area and already at 9:30am the morning coolness had vanished.