We wanted to do a bike ride today, and since the McKenzie Highway was still closed to vehicle traffic this was the perfect time to ride from Sisters to the McKenzie Pass. The weather was just beautiful. It’s a solid uphill climb, but nothing too steep. At the top we logged the Dee Wright Observatory Earth Cache at 12:09 PM. Several other cyclists were on the road as well. We logged 40 miles round trip.
On the way back we stopped to find The Cave of the Seven Brothers at 1:16 PM. This one is tricky because you have to figure out if it’s down below or up above.
After getting a sandwich at a nice deli in Sisters, we drove out to Camp Polk and hunted for Camp Polk Farewell, near a pioneer cemetery. We looked all over and couldn’t find this ammo can cache. That was frustrating.
We gave up and drove out to find Rock Farm at 4:45 PM. This is in an area that’s neat for bouldering. Almost looks like a climbing wall. Lots of chalk marks and perhaps many of the hand and toe holds are man-made.
After dinner we foolishly decided to do Virtually Pilot Butte, which we did by hiking about 0.8 miles up a 500 foot climb. But we captured the info we needed at 8:02 PM, despite the fact that the marker with the info was inside a construction fence. We just exited the fenced area when a security patrol drove by.
On the way back to the motel we stopped in a parking lot and found Right on Target at 8:39 PM.