We have been cruising down Hwy 20 like nobody's business! The last couple of days have flown by, as with the miles of road.
Day nine was pretty wonderful. We started out in Ontario, OR and ended in Boise, ID. That is right, we have crossed the border. It was a pretty uneventful day, which is a nice day. The temperature has been not nearly as intense, but the wind has increased quite a bit. We were able to contact some of our ol' college buddies, Michael and Daniel and we stayed with them while in Boise. They were wonderful hosts and even cooked us a good oatmeal breakfast, yumm. Michael even biked with us out to the road we needed to get on!
Day ten was a little bit of a doozy. We had to ride on a major freeway for about 40 miles, which was less than ideal. It was nice to have some slowly sloping uphill and downhill, but the noise and the cars wooshing by made the ride not as enjoyable as some of our other trips. Then to top the day off we had a major hill to climb at the end. We ended up camping in the Boise National Forest off of a side road that we found. It was a pretty wonderful camp site and we even got to see some spectacular stars.
Day eleven was a half day. We are both feeling the major miles that we have been doing and decided to give ourselves a little bit of a break, so we rode 40 miles to Fairfield. We are camping in a city park, where they allow over night campers.
Fantastic! 58 miles a day. Way to go. Nice pics of Rose and Dan and the beautiful terrain.
ReplyDeleteGood job Guys! It was grand to have you and I am sure jealous, now you have a great chunk of Idaho ahead of you, but that wind isn't going to let up!
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting the pictures so we can keep track of your progress. You are both incredible athletes. Take good care of yourselves. Do you need some vitamins? Are you drinking plenty of water?
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