Day 5 – September 16: Waitsburg to Pendleton

“The New Old West” (72 miles)

After taking a different route to Walla Walla than yesterday’s optional ride, head to Milton-Freewater amid new hillside vineyards and abundant old orchards, with futuristic wind machines standing sentry on ridges in the distance. The Blue Mountains dominate the skyline as you ride between waving wheat fields near Athena and then follow Wildhorse Creek into the rough-and-ready town of Pendleton, where a party worthy of a hundred years of Western rodeo history awaits your arrival.