Author: neil
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Winchester, ID to Kamiah, ID
Today we ride across the Camas Prairie, a part of the West as beautiful as it was unexpected. I was familiar with the mountains of Idaho, and the dry irrigated river valleys of Idaho, but had no idea there was this expanse of cooler-climate farmland sitting 3000 feet above the valleys. Unlike Idaho’s huge Snake…
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Winchester, ID
Yesterday while Rett was taking a shower and I had finished setting up the tent, I sat on our sleeping pad looking out through tent’s mesh at the trees around us and said to myself “this is a really nice place, maybe we should stay here longer!” Extending a stay on a whim is something…
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Lewiston, ID to Winchester, ID
We had passed through Clarkston, spent three nights in neighboring Lewiston, in an AirBNB blocks away from Lewis & Clark College, we have passed many historical markers noting the passage of the Lewis & Clark Expedition through these lands, and for the past couple days we have been on Adventure Cycling’s Lewis & Clark Route.…
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Pomeroy, WA to Lewiston, ID
After yesterday’s 1400 ft. climb up from the Snake River, we had another 800 ft. to go. At which point we would descend to…the Snake River. Hmm. At least the river will be 200 ft. higher than the point at which we left it in Lyons Ferry? But climbing 2200 ft. to descend “only” 2000…
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Lyons Ferry, WA to Pomeroy, WA
We got an early start to beat the heat out from where it collects in the depths of the Snake River valley. We would climb 1400 feet up to Pomeroy, which the forecast said would grant us mid-80s highs rather than mid-90s, but we’ll see! Retrieving our groceries from the cooler left out in front…