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Published: August 6th 2018
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After a so-so breakfast at the Salmon Lodge this morning, we got an early start on our ride.
Which brings up a bit of confusion on our part, and some trivia as well.
Three days ago we crossed into the Pacific Time Zone, but now we seem to be in the Mountain Time Zone again.
For some reason that I cannot comprehend, the Northern part of Idaho is Pacific Time Zone and the Southern Part is Mountain. We have been riding mostly south so we crossed back into Mountain Time.
However, I personally am staying in Pacific Time.
Tomorrow’s ride into Oregon will put us back in PST anyway.
Back to today.
We started climbing again right away and continued uphill for 25 straight miles. That made for a very slow MPH average and it set us up for a long day!
We peddled our bikes for 61/2 hours today to cover 67 miles, and that is indeed a long day of riding!
Once our climbing took us above 2500’, the Alpine Forests came back and we got to reset the beautiful scenery of a few days ago.
Today, however, our
We tried this gravel road for awhile
This is the Weiser River Rail Trail and runs alongside the Weiser River for 30 Miles.
It was often deep gravel and to difficult for our thin tires. ride was alongside the Little Salmon River.
At about the 40 mile point, we decided get off of Highway 95 and try the Weiser River Trail. It is a rail to trail project and travels alongside the Weiser River for 30 miles.
We really wanted to get away from the highway and ride alongside the river, but the trail was often a deep gravel flail and our bikes just did not have the tires for it.
Besides, we had a lot of miles to cover and 7mph in gravel after that long climb, just wasn’t going to cut it!
So, after about 5 miles of trying, we saw a way to get back on the busy highway and so we did.
We continued on to the Elkhorn B&B at a much faster speed or we would still be out there somewhere.
The B&B is about 8 miles south of Council near Mesa, ID.
As we left Council, we could see smoke from the Mesa Fire, which started near Mesa a few days ago but is now well to the east. The smell of smoke was present but not uncomfortable.
I can’t say
I was looking forward to the 6% climb for the last few miles of the day, but at least we won’t have to do it tomorrow morning so all is well.
Our hostess at Elkhorn B&B is Debbie and she is a character. She is a single woman who handles a farm full of livestock and a B&B.
She has four horses, several donkeys, lots of chickens, several goats and sheep and six dogs. She milks her goats daily which she uses to make goat cheese. She then sells it at the Cambridge farmers market.
Her dogs are all well behaved and slept quietly nearby while we sat on the porch and listened to Debbie talk about her trials running a farm and B&B at the same time.
She is very resourceful and a hard worker.
Tomorrow she has promised us a great breakfast and we will be off early for Oxbow Oregon.
Wow, my last state! I can almost smell the Pacific Ocean!
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