Start Location: Crescent City, CA
Ending Location: Bend, OR
Miles Today: 283
Trip Miles: 1937
States Visited: 3
National Parks Visited: 3
Low Temp: 55.1° F
High Temp: 86.9° F
Min Elevation: -11'
Max Elevation: 5930'
Route Map:
Pinnacle NP 2023 - Day 08
We started out in the morning on Highway 199 headed for Bend, OR. Unfortunately we had to go through the area of the Smith River Complex Fire.
Although the road was great a section of it was very smokey. In fact
one section was limited to a single lane with a pilot car to lead
vehicls in one direction at a time. It wasn't too bad though, I don't
think we waited more than about 15 minutes to take our turn. We have
been in similar situations in the past and have waited much longer in
oppressive heat. We passed the area where all of the fire and emergeny
workers were mobilized as well as area that had just recently burned
and were still smoking. Several of the hotels in Crescent City were
closed to the public and reserved for emergency workers.
Eventually
we passed into Oregon and worked our way through Grants Pass and
finally Bend. The first time we went through Bend had to be 30+ years
ago and we didn't really recognize anything.
