I woke up in a sketchy motel in Baker City, Oregon to a mercifully cool morning after my time in Utah. An armada of clouds raced across a dark blue sky, and I grabbed something continental to eat from the lobby as I checked out and pointed my car west. Instead of rejoining the traffic on I-84, I followed Highway 7 through the hills and ranches outside the city limits. After a few hours of pleasant country roads, I found […]