IDAHO...no you da HO

Day 13 (6/11/07): Grangeville, Idaho to Jerry Johnson campground, Idaho 103 miles! This was my first 100+ mile day! The weather was perfect, and the river along Route 12 was beautiful, there was Clearwater, Lochsa and one other one they were great. It was a very very long day but I was pumped we made it and we had a nice bottle of wine at the end to celebrate!

Day 12 (6/10/07): New Meadows, Idaho to Grangeville, Idaho. 83 miles in the rain! Pouring, relentless, cold rain. There were no pictures today. Today was the day of near-misses! Two dogs attacked us, I almost hit the one who went after Skips back wheel and the other went after my rear tire! Skip got run off the road, because there was no shoulder and lots of fast moving logging trucks. There was a 12+ mile steep climb (crazy switchbacks) up Whitebird pass, where it was so foggy we missed our SAG and ended up riding down freezing without visibility in the rain to our campground. We were worried and cold and the very nice owner of the campground let me take a hot shower and let me borrow a towel...he was awesome!

Day 11 (6/9/07): Brownee Dam, Idaho to New Meadows, Idaho ~72 miles.

Nice weather but a 9 mile climb to start of the day was a bit rough. Then a couple shorter climbs during the day made it a long day. New Meadows had a nice little bike shop and an A&W rootbeer which we had some nice burgers and root beer after the ride. Once again, the scenery was beautiful, we saw the largest deer so far with large velvety racks, they crossed and recrossed the road in front of us!

Day 10 (6/8/07): Baker City, Oregon to Brownee Dam, Idaho ~85 miles. Cool in the morning, a 7 mile climb before lunch and just after Richland, Oregon. My new computer reset itself and so I don't have an accurate mileage, but it was around 85 miles. The ride itself was once again pretty and went past some huge hydro electric dams near Hell's Canyon. We saw some deer cross the road and half a dozen brown sheep grazing, although I thought they looked more like goats.