On Monday, we entered the USA from Grand Forks, BC. We rode about 200 miles to Couer d'Alene, ID in what we designate as the most beautiful portion of the ride. We were in heavy forest, deserted twisty roads the entire way! It was a real blessing.
Monday night, we realized, upon looking at map distances, we were further away from home than we thought, so it was time to put in some serious mileage. But we will not forgo the scenery to make lots of miles, we will just ride longer for the day. It was sprinkling rain lightly when we took off early Tuesday and we took the twisty forest roads just a few miles east of Couer d'Alene. We worked out way south and spent the night in funky little Crouch, ID - population less than 100. We got a little cabin and walked to the only place to eat in town. Just as our dinner was server, power went out in the whole town - we were the last table served. So we headed back to our dark cabin and hung out on our deck. This place was so remote they had no cell service nor Internet. We hit about 380 miles on the day and arrived at the cabin at close to 6PM - having departed at 7:30AM. We were ready for the rack and shut eye.
Today we rode all the way to Ogden, UT, about 400 miles for the day. Had good weather and the ride out of Crouch over to Stanley Lake and then down to Sun Valley was awesome. The last few miles in the Utah desert dealt us our first serious wind of the entire trip, but t wasn't too bad - tell that to the blown over mobile home transporter. Oops.
Our plan tomorrow is US 40 to Craig, CO. Thanks for reading. Be sure to check the Spot Tracker link in the last entry of June below to see our mapped ride.
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