Township rd was kinda fun. Hand a long straight section of gravel I did at 70, then it went into the hills and became a nicely linked series of rhythmic curves until it dumped me out on the Bickleton Hwy. I went about 8 miles up to Mabton to refuel so i would have some options as I headed south and then doubled back and went to Bickleton.
The Bickleton Hwy is lined with blue and white birdhouses, part of a successful local effort to restore the endangered mountain bluebird...

  I stopped in Bickleton at the Bluebird Saloon, which claims to be the oldest tavern in Washington. Had a beer and a burger. The beer was cold and the burger was good...

  ...while at the Bluebird, I discovered what lengths the local wimmen will go to to catch a man. This was a somewhat discomforting sight to behold..

  I got held up by this cattle drive between Bickleton and Goldendale. Ended up detouring around them on some nice back roads...

   I was going thru my photos from earlier in the year-came across the cattle drives I was caught in on the way back from the Eastern Washington Advride-this one, South of Centerville approaching Dalles Mountain, was smaller and coming towards me. I parked and let them drive the cattle around me...

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