Sunday, July 19, 2009

Saturday. Jackson to darby, mt 75 miles. First 18 miles level to slight downhill. Stoppen in wisdom for second breakfast. To my great surprise and delight the british open was on tv. Very exciting watching tom Watson at 59 years old compete for the open championship. I guess there’s hope for us old guys. Out of wisdom started a gentle uphill that eventually got a bit steeper as we approached the summit of chief joseph pass and our last continental divide crossing so all the peeing is now headed to the pacific for the rest of the trip. It was then downhill all the way to darby. Part way down we came to an intersection that we were turn right. When I looked to the left not a 100 feet away was a welcome to Idaho sign. It was a bit of a surprise but after looking at a road atlas made sense. We officially enter Idaho in a few days. Not a killer ride but the cumulative miles take a toll. We camped in darby directly across the street from loggers day activity, which has to be the beig event of the year. All things logging going on from axe work to chainsaws so it was pretty noisy. Then a band played in the evening so it was not a great sleeping night. We’re down to much lower temperatures and it has been reflected in the much warmer days like around 90, but once the sun sets it gets cool enough for comfort.

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