Big Ride - Day 6 - Spokane, WA to Sandpoint, ID

We crossed over our first state. We're out of Washington and in Idaho for the day before starting a long trek across Montana. Yesterday's rest day was perfect and woke up feeling fresh and ready to go. Some of that went away as the cue sheet was confusing and some thought the Letty, Rachel, and Cati were lost, so I sprinted to try and track them down. Turns out they weren't lost and I didn't have to do around 22-25mph to catch them. Oh well, it was a fun way to start the day. I met up with the regular I ride with at the first SAG stop where we made our PB&J sandwiches and the luxury of some ice cold Reese's peanut butter cups. I continued on down the road and ended up riding with Noah and Doug. While riding along Diamond Lake, Noah got the great idea to stop and dip out feet in. That was the most refreshing stop ever on this trip so far. Many thanks to the gentleman who let us go in his back yard and use his pier to take pictures of the lake and enjoy the water.

The 2nd SAG stop was in the middle of the Rodeo parade where I ate some pizza for lunch. I hidden PB&J was in one of the SAG cars that weren't at this stop. Not the best pizza but I was starving only have eaten a clif bar since breakfast. We rode out as a big group and crossed into Idaho. Lots of pictures were taken in front of the welcome sign.

Once in Idaho we found some tough climbs as we biked along some river. The road and river made for some gorgeous pictures.

Finally we got into camp. I quickly set up my tent and changed as we were planning to hit up the river beach to go swimming. The water felt great and we got yelled at for breaking almost all the rules: no diving off the dock, no swimming beyond the logs, no shoving each other in, etc.

Afterwards it was back to camp for dinner and a pleasant surprise: it was Clifford's 69th birthday, so we had cake and ice cream. Now it's time to shower and hit the hay as tomorrow looks like a 100 degree day and another 80+ miles.

Final Ride Stats

Mileage:

84.50 miles

Time:

5:36'56

Avg Speed:

15.0 mph

Max Speed:

30.6 mph