Zac spent the day in Dalles, following one of the most challenging 20ish miles of biking trail. This involved steep climbing, some of it on gravel...He had lunch with Chris and Katie, a couple that he had met earlier on the trail, a state or two ago. Zac was hoping to make it through biking the day with his wheel intact. He has had to order a new one from Portland to be shipped to him to continue his journey. This will delay his arrival at Seaside, Oregon. I am flying to Portland on Saturday which may "force" Zac to take a day of rest so that I can witness and photograph his dipping in the Pacific Ocean. Dad is not going to make it, cancelling office on such short notice. Hard to believe he has completed almost 4,000 miles on human power.
The Dalles is located in North Central Oregon, 75 minutes east of Portland in the Columbia River Gorge. The Dalles has a population of 11,880.The Dalles was the site of Fort Dalles. Established in 1850 to protect immigrants after the Whitman massacre, it was the only military post between the Pacific Coast and Wyoming.The Dalles, Oregon, has been home to humans for thousands of years. Lewis and Clark stopped here on their way west in 1805, and were followed by French trappers who noted the flagstone like rock and called the place les dalles, French for flagstone. Missionaries arrived in the 1830s, and as settlers started moving west on the Oregon Trail, Known as the end of the Oregon Trail, the Dalles was where pioneers loaded their wagons onto rafts or barges and floated down the Columbia River to the mouth of the Willamette River, then upriver to Oregon City.
*posted by Zac's proud mom*
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