Headwind

Did you know headwind literally means wind blowing in a direction opposite to a course.  Geoff does.  It's what he hit yesterday.  Headwinds happen to lots of people everyday in this community and that's why HOPE Chest is important.  Here's Geoff...

Hey, it's Geoff. So day 2 was quite a bit tougher than day 1.  We started the day off with a hill that climbed about 1000 ft. in about 6 miles. Then we had a long progressive hill for about 13 miles. Once we got into the Baker Valley it was pretty nice and flat but we were hammered by a 10-15 mph headwind, not to mention the fact that we could have been in Baker City in about 6 miles but we took the most out of the way route and made it 15 by accident. Plus those ride roads were cracked every 5 feet from the heat and that was pretty uncomfortable on my already sore butt. We made it about 5 miles outside Baker before we called it a day because the headwind had increased to at least 20 mph. Then my dad drove us about 13 miles to Union Creek campground at Phillips Reservoir. I am sending you a picture of the reservoir and of our journey so far today. Today we have made it to Austin Junction so far. We have climbed two summits that got above 5000 feet. We stopped and visited the ghost town of Whitney and that is the other picture I am sending you. I will keep you updated when I have better service.

Until Geoff's next text, hold the HOPE!