The last 3 days have been alot of riding and most of it in the middle of nowhere...60 mile stretches with nothing...and a major Verizon Wireless 'dead zone'.
I spent Friday evening in Missoula, MT - which is a nice size little city, and I took advantage of a nice motel room, because I knew it would be a while before I could find another one. Not to mention, my tent was pretty wet from a major windy storm from Thursday night! Missoula is the home of adventurecycling.org - which is the founding organization of long distance cycling, and the organization that maintains and promotes the cross country bike trails like the one I am riding. So I stopped at the headquarters for a visit.
Saturday the route backtracked south and then west to Idaho - woo hoo state # 8, - and I have spent the weekend riding along the Lochsa river which basically parallels the trail I am on.
Campground last night in Lowell, Idaho.
Interesting site today: several homes located on the far bank of the river, yet there is no bridge. The all park their cars on the other bank, and then step into a 'car' or 'gondola' of a sort and ride across the river to their house.
So, Idaho is pretty but very isolated, and I've not seen a whole lot of cyclists anywhere. I have been riding by myself since I left Yellowstone, but still have met lots of nice folks at the campgrounds.
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Lola Peak. Pretty but thankfully not on my route! |
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Woo hoo State #8 and Pacific Time Zone! |
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Here is a 'car' or 'vessel' that homeowners across the river use to get from their 'driveway' to their house. |
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Riding along the river for 2 days now... |