Went 83 miles today from Cambridge, Idaho to Riggins, Idaho. Riggins is right next to the famous Salmon River. Lots of fishing and whitewater rafting taking place here. 40 miles uphill to start the day climbing 2,500 ft and then 40 miles down hill. Very beautiful ride today as we followed the Salmon River down to Riggins.

John and Cliff go as fast as possible when we have a downhill and have gone as fast as 40 mph on this trip. But I, on the other hand get very nervous on a little bicycle with skinny little tires going that fast so I brake when my bicycle hits 20 mph so I fall way behind when we are going downhill (though I fall way behind when we go uphill as well 🙂 It is a good thing that I have disk brakes on my bicycle or I would probably burn them up.

There is an organization that I joined a year ago in anticipation of this trip called “Warm Showers”. Funny name, but a great organization. When I joined I agreed to let touring bicycle riders camp in our yard and to take a shower if they like. I then can do the same with others who are in the organization. There are about 27,000 members in the U.S. and I was able to download an app for my iPad as a member that shows all the other members. We stayed at a Warm Showers host last night, and it was a wonderful time. They fixed dinner for us including root beer floats, and then we visited about bicycling, hunting, fishing etc. they had beds for us, and WiFi to boot. We will be staying in quite a lot of W.S. hosts on the trip.

Cliff is getting picked up by his wife tomorrow so it will be just John and I riding, and John’s wife, Mary Ann will be heading back home in a couple of days as well. In about 3 more days we will be on the East side of the Rockies and no more hills. Hill climbing really drains my gas tank big time so I will be really glad for the flat riding. Love ya all