Bike Ride Across America

Portland, OR to Boston, MA

Saturday, June 25, 2005

Day 7 Lewiston to Winchester

Cycling statistics
Avg. 8.5 mph
Distance 44.5 mi
Riding time 5:12
Vertical 4113 ft

Notes on the day

-Bavetta got 2 flats
-I felt that snack time was too long
Lady at the diner told us winchester grade road was actually a different road, but the local farmer eating his lunch, saved our day.
-Climbed Old Winchester grade road which was long winding road uphill with lots of switchbacks.
-Winchester Idaho has a cool sign with a gun, sort of scary though.
-The campground people are not nice and tell us to go somewhere else. They suggest a dry camp run by the highway dept. The dry camp sounds cool in theory but is actually very scary. So we slept with the animals off the highway.
-It rains in the middle of the night. Bavetta decides to rainproof the tent by staking out only his side. "There was something rustling in the bushes on your side. So I came back in the tent." Way to go Bavetta. Thank you very much.
-The lady at the minimart gives us the svenhard's for free, but bavetta doesn't notice until a couple days later.
-Swede and Ron play country at 7:00 at the highland inn. We left at 6:55.
-People at diner tell us about the moutnain man rally and the wolves.

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