Ride Oregon

We had anticipated the usual quiet start to the day, but were surprised to find that the large parking area beside the campground store was being turned into a stop for cyclists - 2200 of them! Many many volunteers were setting up food stations and recyling areas. It was the Ride Oregon seven day ride, day two; day one they'd started in the town of Bly, and day two they left Fort Klamath and rode to Prospect, with the 33 mile rim road around Crater Lake optional.

The thought of sharing the road with 2200 cyclists was rather daunting, so we found out which direction they were headed, and went in the opposite one, so that when we met them on the narrow rim road, they'd be on the other side of the road. Luckily they were going clockwise, which was perfect as we hadn't been on the east side of the lake yet. We saw a few recumbant bikes, and several tandems.
Then we headed out of the Park, turned East on route 138, and headed north on 97 to Sunriver, south of Bend.