Shout out to Deasia.
Happy 9th bertday.
Morning started off a little chilly. We had more downhill for about 8 miles. Got in about 40 miles before coffee
time. Landed in a city called White
Bird. Had our coffee at the Silver
Dollar. Coffee, 50 cents. Jerry volunteered to treat. What a guy.
No short stacks today. There was
a bag of water above the door when you walk in with 2 pennies it. It captured our curiosity. Looked like a prank for somebody who didn’t
pay their bill. Turns out it is a deterrent
for keeping flies out of your establishment.
You heard it here first. Jerry
almost got us in big trouble when he asked the owner if it was supposed to keep
out barflies. The guy at the bar drinking
a Bud at 8:00 in the morning fortunately thought it was funny. Filled up our water bottles before we
left. Jerry and Jeff got cold water,
Jack got hot. Spickets were
switched. Jack went first. Patience obviously pays.
After White Bird we ascended a major climb along old
95. Took about 90 minutes to climb. More switchbacks than we could count. Got to the top and came down a not very busy
road. Saw maybe 4 cars the entire time
up and back. Descended into Grangeville
for lunch. Actually had cell phone
service for the first time in about 3 days.
Sat outside at a Subway. Then we
got onto route 13 toward Kooskia. Road
was not good at all, no shoulder. There
is no way to describe to you what it feels like to be riding with a logging
truck breathing right next to you as it passes.
We put in to high gear, or at least as high as we can go and did our
best imitation of Jesse Owens to Kooskia.
We secured a site in an RV Park with showers for the fourth day in a
row. Almost stayed at a city park which would have been totally free, but the
restrooms were locked at 9:00 and they ran sprinklers at midnight. The RV Park is an interesting place. It sits on a mountain river which is
cool. The place has a lot of
“character”. When you go to get a
shower, you have to put a quarter in the machine to get your 8 minute shower. There is a floor mat when you walk into the
shower stall that says, “ Caution, you are now entering party central, watch
your step”, and when you put your
quarter in, red lights go on in the shower.
Think John Travolta. God bless
America.
We saw several deer and what we think were two rattlers
in the road. Many times, we talk about
movies, many of which Jack has never seen.
Today’s movie that came up in conversation was the Wedding Planner. Jack
has seen parts of it. None of us can
remember why the movie came up. If you wonder
what we do all day, we have somewhat of a routine. We get back usually between 2 and 4. We sit down for a short time, do some
recovery shtuff like OJ, chocolate milk, peanut butter, salty snacks, and maybe
some Gatorade. Then we put our tents up,
do dinner which is usually more Sue than the rest of us. Eat do dishes. Jack usually washes, Jeff dries, and Jerry
cleans out the tough pans. Then we do
some maintenance on our bikes, make our lunches for the next day. Cover the bikes and put shtuff away and then
it is usually beddy by time.
Today’s mileage was about 88 miles. Seventy-nine planned for tomorrow.
Jeff, Jerry, Jack, and Sue
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