Wednesday. Baker city, Oregon to prairie city, Oregon 70 miles. Today was our toughest ride in weeks. The terrain was uniquely different from any other day on the trip. We encountered three ripples all 1000 feet plus or minus in elevation change. All three were had identical grades heading up and screaming down. After completing the first climb the descent was only a few hundred feet and entered a beautiful high valley. The road flattened for several miles and then the second climb took us up again and then down a bit to another higher valley. Flat again and then another climb which opened into a huge valley as pictured below.