Day 16. 48 miles. Idaho is one hilly bitch.
2 days in summary (the exhaustion is setting in):
Idaho! We stopped yesterday to take photos of our potato peelers with the "Welcome to Idaho" sign. They're actually a brush/peeler combo, but we bought them to use the brush to clean our cassettes. Genius!
Yesterday, McKinley and I took a shorter day to get a few things done at the bike shop this am, which is in a frame shop; odd combo but it works.
We landed in the small town of Cambridge and camped in the town park for free, awesome. The park had plenty of lush green grass to tent on, and a picnic shelter where we hung our hand-washed laundry to dry. After a very tough day of insane hills, we decided many beers were on the menu, so we hit the only bar in town and mingled with locals. Baldy Bob and Cambridge Bob from a motorcycle club became our new buddies; they fed us homemade biscuits and jam and paid for our beers. By the way, that was the best strawberry jam I've ever had! They found our trip to be so kick-ass that they invited us to a big motorcycle party on Saturday, so we're aiming to eat lots of food and drink beer for free. Locals are amazing, if given the chance. Side note: this is a family picnic, so it'll be safe.
Today we got late start due to bike maintenance stuff. After more biscuits and jam, we had another breakfast at the diner and finally headed out to pedal up more Idaho hills; crap they're steep! As we headed down 95, we heard a motorcycle and McKinley said, "ha, imagine that's Bob and Bob," and sure enough it was Baldy Bob, making sure we would attend the party on Saturday. How amazing!
The sun sucks, it sure can be evil. After a million breaks and riding until 8:30 pm, we decided that getting an early start, taking a siesta and riding on late in the day is more productive. With barely any canopy overhead, it's just been too hot to function. Hard to believe we were in snow a few days ago.
My quads are starting to get bulky, and my tan continues to look more ridiculous every day. I'm burning to a crisp!
Ok, bed time. I can hardly think, it's well after midnight.
OK, you found a man who will pay for your beer!!! I think that's mandatory on a first meeting whether it's just friends OR a first date. Also you are getting your "BIG GEAR" muscles! My bro Eddie and I used to talk about the thighs as big gear muscles. Love the bikie terms! I can only imagine the exhasution. Had no idea about the hills in Idaho, had NO idea about Idaho at all. Keep on pedaling!
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