{"id":15407,"date":"2022-05-13T16:09:18","date_gmt":"2022-05-13T15:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/creamteam.be\/?p=15407"},"modified":"2022-05-14T05:07:32","modified_gmt":"2022-05-14T04:07:32","slug":"john-day-to-baker-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/creamteam.be\/index.php\/2022\/05\/13\/john-day-to-baker-city\/","title":{"rendered":"John Day to Baker City"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Our biggest ride so far and after a big one yesterday, today was the hardest.  3 peaks of over 1,600m and 130km.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-attachment-id=\"15455\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/creamteam.be\/?p=15455\" data-orig-file=\"\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 11 Pro&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1652355874&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.25&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;32&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00050100200400802&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"img_8637\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/creamteam.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/img_8637.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15455\" srcset=\" 1024w,  300w,  768w,  1536w,  2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Peak 3 of the 1600m peaks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>What we did have is a magnificent backdrop of clear skies and snow covered mountains to occupy our minds as we crawled up the, not too steep climbs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-attachment-id=\"15454\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/creamteam.be\/?p=15454\" data-orig-file=\"\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 11 Pro&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1652345110&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.25&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;32&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00019098548510313&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"img_8630\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/creamteam.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/img_8630.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15454\" srcset=\" 1024w,  300w,  768w,  1536w,  2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After the 3 peaks we still had 50 Km to get to our hostel in Baker City. This was recommended by the manager of Spoke\u2019n in Mitchell. We had phoned ahead to book as we weren\u2019t sure how long it would take to get there.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-attachment-id=\"15462\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/creamteam.be\/?p=15462\" data-orig-file=\"\" data-orig-size=\"1999,1500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 11 Pro&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1652432510&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.25&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;32&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00048402710551791&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"img_8644\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/creamteam.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/img_8644.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15462\" srcset=\" 1024w,  300w,  768w,  1536w,  1999w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Churchill School<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The school stopped being a school about 30 years ago and a part is now a bike hostel. Quite cool \ud83d\ude0e <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We were sharing with just one other guest \u2018Firefly\u2019 who was a musician playing in the Friday night concert in the school\u2019s auditorium. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-attachment-id=\"15464\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/creamteam.be\/?p=15464\" data-orig-file=\"\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 11 Pro&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1652427516&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.25&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"img_8642\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/creamteam.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/img_8642.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15464\" srcset=\" 1024w,  300w,  768w,  1536w,  2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Hogging the charging <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our biggest ride so far and after a big one yesterday, today was the hardest. 3 peaks of over 1,600m and 130km. What we did have is a magnificent backdrop of clear skies and snow covered mountains to occupy our minds as we crawled up the, not too steep climbs. After the 3 peaks we&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15463,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[22],"tags":[14,54,60,20],"class_list":["post-15407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trans-american-bike-trail","tag-bike","tag-holiday","tag-hostel","tag-tat","category-22","description-off"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16031,"url":"https:\/\/creamteam.be\/index.php\/2022\/06\/27\/transamerica-day-57-marion-to-sebree\/","url_meta":{"origin":15407,"position":0},"title":"Marion to Sebree. 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TransAmerica day 41","author":"Piers","date":"2022-06-11","format":false,"excerpt":"Sheridan Lake to Scott city. 124.42km. 99m ascent. 4h10 ride time You want flat, you get flat. Flatter than Holland today but we had a half decent tail wind so chain on the right (I don\u2019t have a chain or a derailleur but the principle is the same). 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TransAmerica day 22","author":"Piers","date":"2022-05-25","format":false,"excerpt":"Dillon to Ennis. 112.15km. 847m ascent. 5:19 riding Great day with just one steep climb of 5km at 7-8% \ud83e\udd75 The clouds were low as we set off from the hostel but by 11:00 they were high up again and our view was unimpaired \ud83d\ude0a We set off with a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;TransAmTrail&quot;","block_context":{"text":"TransAmTrail","link":"https:\/\/creamteam.be\/index.php\/category\/touring-bike\/trans-american-bike-trail\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/creamteam.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220525-usa-transamtrail-6456.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/creamteam.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220525-usa-transamtrail-6456.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/creamteam.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220525-usa-transamtrail-6456.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/creamteam.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220525-usa-transamtrail-6456.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/creamteam.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/20220525-usa-transamtrail-6456.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":16040,"url":"https:\/\/creamteam.be\/index.php\/2022\/06\/28\/church-hostel-update\/","url_meta":{"origin":15407,"position":3},"title":"Church hostel update","author":"Piers","date":"2022-06-28","format":false,"excerpt":"The generosity of the people her in the USA keeps on surprising me! 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