Well today was uneventful...besides having to say goodbye - June 30

Well just another morning at the askers, up around 7:30, breakfast in the cabinet and OJ in the refrigerator. As always Chad was still passed out on the nice comfy couch, which i ended up falling asleep on during the movie. Once again the kitchen became a zoo as the askers are doing there morning routine and all 8 of us are running around the kitchen trying to eat. The askers got ready for their day as we packed up the bikes, we were informed of some really good donuts at the local gas station. I did not know until people started to scramble and yell ever one for them self! We knew we rubbed off on the girls when they where beating us to the donuts. Things calmed down when we took a huge group picture with the askers, but after that it was a mad rush to the gas station. People were talking about short cuts through town, that's a sign you have been in a town to long.

It was hard to say goodbye but we had to leave sometime. So this is a big thank you to the asker family for opening up your home to 8 people you ran into at a restaurant and impacting there lives for ever, i know we impacted yours! We will defiantly keep in touch and once again thank you so much Mike,Lorrie,Jon and Abby! We will miss you but never forget you.

A small climb for about 6 miles then we came across the sweetest down hill of the trip yet. For a good 7 miles the road twisted and turned down a canyon. Once we all regrouped at the bottom of the hill the group started the trek to our destination for the night....Hot Springs! We ate lunch at a cafe the was closed at 2:30 in the afternoon, then back in the the saddle. After a good hours of peddling we came to the last town for a while and stocked up on food for a three day trek over the lolo pass. But before we got the grouches we some how found out that they had cheap donuts, so after a little snack we got the grouches. I read online that this was going to be a 70 mile up hill climb. This was the easiest up hill of our lives, the river was flowing down hill for sure, but if you set a marble inn the road it would role the opposite way. So with a easy climb and hot spring waiting for us, and two days off we ended up doing our first century and then some to get to these dumb springs. After mile 107 rolled around we where done and pulled into the first camp ground we came to, Jerry Johnson campsite. We made about 3 pounds of Mac and cheese and went to bed.

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Location:Grangville,ID