Great trail ride and the toughest day so far

June 16th

We had a great day on the 16th! We had a late start in the morning as we helped the camp that we were staying at unload their next food order. We were originally scheduled to ride 45 miles but our project manager had scouted a better route but it was 85 miles. We rode on a beautiful bike path and met a ton of people who had seen us on the Spokane news the day before. On the trail I saw a bald eagle and 4 moose (I don't know the correct plural of moose). The picture below is the first one that we saw. We ended in Kellogg, ID for our last night in the state and we went out for some really good pizza.

We stayed at the local high school and I got some more use out of the air mattress.

June 17th

Today was the toughest day by far. We had to climb two mountain passes before lunch. I would honestly say it was the hardest physical thing that I have ever done. Everyone got up both passes and hit some pretty good speeds on the way down. The ride today was supposed to be a total of 105 miles but we all got racked about 20 miles out because of lightning. We drove into our lodging at Quinn's hot springs which is amazing. We get to sleep in beds, have real showers, and TV. Also, they have a pool that they pump water from the hot springs below into. It felt really good after the ride today. We are all really tired and hitting bed early tonight because we have a 100+ mile ride tomorrow that we have to get done by noon...

The picture below is at the top of

the second pass... by far the hardest climb we have had so far.