OCVA to Bend, day five

OCVA to Bend, day four This would be my fourth day of riding all day on no sleep, and I'd really done myself a disservice by taking a second dose of diphenhydramine at 2:30 AM, four pills total. I was OK in the morning, but as soon as we started climbing, I could tell I was in big trouble. Adam's tent and bike morning breakfast along the McKenzie River Trail Adam on the MRT Adam on a bridge The lush, buff MRT The day was proceeding in a dream-like state, for me. I was still really dopey from the sleep pills. Adam told me there was another hot springs, on the river. We found it, Bigelow Hot Springs. There was a couple already in it. It's right on the river, in a little grotto / cave, bounded by some rocks. It's a secret, I guess I'm telling you about it. We had a very nice soak, and after a while, a gentle conversation with the couple. Turns out Adam knew the woman, from Bend. I took a few plunges in the cold McKenzie River, and we filtered up. Butterflies at Bigelow Hot Springs on the…