We climbed Beaver Pass to start the day. The view on the way down showed
hazy mountains which were amazing. It was a nice day until it started to thunder, which made a nice view of the clouds at the end of the day. We saw a hawk with a fish in its talons.
They day was, "OK" as the barn roof said, it was sunny but a lot of wind and by the end of it I was exhausted and ready for bed. In Wisdom, MT I saw a drill rig, but they told me they were drilling for oil when I asked. I said that's not an oil rig and then they told me it was a well, so we finally got that straightened out.
We had to climb up Big Hole pass to end the day and on the downside I blew a flat, not too bad for my first flat on the trip. Luckily it was only a soft flat on my rear wheel because we were flying down that hill at 30mph.
It was a beautiful day, but most days are when you're biking across new and interesting country. In Darby, MT a truck was pulling along us like he was going to pass, but instead he slowed down and the passenger door opened and the passenger started throwing up. Luckily, i was just far enough away not to get any on me, but it creeped me out and it was gross! The rest of the ride we saw the Bitteroot Mountains which were snowed 
capped peaks and less gross and disturbing images. 
Right before Sula, MT we saw a whole herd of what looked like mountain goats, or some sort of sheep, but I'll let Katherine D. figure it out for me, she's the one who raises goats. There were like 20 of them and they let us get pretty close (not really by choice, but they were practically standing in the road and we needed the road to get by). We did an extra 6.5 miles past Sula to start out tomorrow's climb early because that is our first crossing of the Continental Divide.
Day 14 (6/12/07) Jerry Johnson Campground, Idaho to Lolo, Montana, only ~58 miles today, but a pretty major climb up to Lolo Pass which separates Idaho from Montana. Good weather, but I was definitely stiff from the century yesterday. My legs felt a bit like lead, but that helped on the downhill from Lolo Pass to Lolo, Montana about 34 miles of downhill or slightly downhill and we had a tailwind and cruised on in to Lolo at about 20 miles per hour without really trying. It was nice! We sagged into Missoula, MT and checked out Adventure Cycling the organization that puts out the Transamerica route maps (and lots of other routes throughout the US and Canada). They were really nice, they gave us cold drinks and took our pictures. It was 
really fun. Now I'm staying at the KOA in Missoula, while Skip and Cydna are out to dinner for their 25th anniversary! Tomorrow we're taking a rest day and hopefully checking out a bike shop and just hanging out around Missoula. Then we're off and in a week or so we should be in Yellowstone for two rest days to check out both Yellowstone and the Tetons! I'm surprised that we've gone over 950 miles total and we've made it to our third state! It's been an amazing experience to see the country at a slower pace. I've actually learned quite a bit of history surrounding the areas we've ridden through. We rode past Fort Fizzle (Fo Shizzle) and we've been on the Lewis and Clark trail. Hope everyone is having a good summer!
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 11 (6/9/07): Brownee Dam, Idaho to New Meadows, Idaho ~72 miles.
Day 6 (6/4/07): Prineville, OR to Dayville, OR:
I'm not sure why, but it seems to be popular in Eastern Oregon to throw shoes in a tree, I thought they were mushrooms at first, but they were nice shoes, probably not even worn all the way out! I kept my shoes on, however, earlier in the day I had problems and my cleat lost 3 of the four screws attaching it to my shoe (insert joke about screws loose here...). Luckily I'm wicked handy and was able to fix it, but I'll have to find more screws soon.
Day 5 (6/3/07): McKenzie Bridge, OR to Prineville, OR
We could see two of the three Sisters, Mt. Washington and Mt. Jefferson and ever-so-faintly Mt. Hood. WE met a local cyclist who acted as our tour guide which was really nice of him.
Day 4 (6/2/07): Coburg, OR to McKenzie Bridge, OR: 72 miles of riding. The day was gorgeous and we rode part of the day with Keith (shown in the picture). The first 60 miles or so were a slight gradient but it felt pretty flat with a tailwind. The last 11 miles involved climbing a steep grade to the gate at McKenzie pass. We stopped at the gate because it was getting late in the day and there were isolated thunderstorms.
Day 3 (6/1/07): Grand Ronde to Coburg, OR:
80 miles of riding today. The riding had a few smaller (3-5 mile) climbs in the morning but was relatively flat for the rest of the day through the Willamette Valley. I saw my first drill rig outside of Monmouth, OR, unfortunately it was un-manned and only a water rig... We met up with a couple other cyclists in Coburg, which is outside of Eugene. One was just finishing up the Transamerica route, he was headed to Astoria, OR from Yorktown, VA. Keith, originally from Bow, NH and more recently Brighton, Utah wasn't following a specific route, but towing a 90 pound trailer and headed to Portland, Maine via both the Transamerica route, the Northern Tier route and whatever other route he had in his head. Steve, started from Seattle and was using panniers and heading to Yorktown as well.
Right before our campground in Coburg I saw the sketchiest van EVER. It was a fifteen passenger van with a large cardboard sign that said "FREE CANDY", and at first I was tempted by the candy, but as soon as I started moving toward the van I thought about all the 60 minute episodes and was able to stop myself.
Day 2: Netarts, Oregon to Grand Ronde, Oregon:
