Overkill Kms: 30 km due to contact falling out and detour to Idaho!
Road Stuff: snake (alive or dead, I’m not sure), lots of dead birds, pretty friendly horses, and I think, a raccoon.
Money Spent: $3 Samuel Adams with Matt Zantingh in Payette, ID and I'm probably going to buy an ice cream after I post this, so let's say $2.
Wipeouts: None. “I’m getting good at this biking thing,” she says cautiously.
Interesting Person Pick: Matt Zantingh. We decided to bike together this morning, got separated and then ventured off to Payette, Idaho (about 10 kms off the beaten track) to explore the town and have a beer. We had a great conversation about our respective relationships (his Lynn, my Tim) and enjoyed the “This is America. Speak English” sign outside of the bar.
Favourite Part of the Day: Hitting 71 kms (my personal best speed) down the hill a second time today. You should have heard my “Woo-hooo!” down the hill.
Worst Part of the Day: Losing my contact 7 kms into the journey after a wicked ride down a hill at 66 kms an hour. I had to turn around, climb the hill I had just ridden down into the wind (going about 10 kms up the hill and only 20 km down the otherside) and grab a new contact from the Gear Truck. Lesson learned to always bring an extra set of contacts along with me. So, I added about 20 kms to my ride today, into a good headwind, which is probably just as well because it helps me train for headwinds and today was a seriously short day (55 km).
It was hard to get up this morning because I didn’t sleep well due to the wind last night. Also, it was stinking hot in the school building. But after I had some breakfast, I started singing a tune and enjoyed my morning. I left around 8 only to return for a contact and get on the road by 9. Then I motored it and caught up to Matt Zantingh and we took a detour to Payette. Which meant we got to Idaho before anyone else!
Do any of my students recognize anything in this picture (besides their teacher)?
After pulling into the town of Ontario, OR, I had a shower (I’m getting to know people reeeally well on this trip) and then headed to the library. About 15 C2Cer’s are here now, blogging and emailing away. And I just found out that I’m the new “Creative Caption” for the Sea to Sea Newsletter. Check out http://www.crcna.org/pages/sea_follow.cfm and download “Week 3” and scroll to the bottom to see.
It was hard to get up this morning because I didn’t sleep well due to the wind last night. Also, it was stinking hot in the school building. But after I had some breakfast, I started singing a tune and enjoyed my morning. I left around 8 only to return for a contact and get on the road by 9. Then I motored it and caught up to Matt Zantingh and we took a detour to Payette. Which meant we got to Idaho before anyone else!
Do any of my students recognize anything in this picture (besides their teacher)?After pulling into the town of Ontario, OR, I had a shower (I’m getting to know people reeeally well on this trip) and then headed to the library. About 15 C2Cer’s are here now, blogging and emailing away. And I just found out that I’m the new “Creative Caption” for the Sea to Sea Newsletter. Check out http://www.crcna.org/pages/sea_follow.cfm and download “Week 3” and scroll to the bottom to see.
New helmet and sunglasses!
3 comments:
It's a D.A.R.E community! Yeah! (Glad to be the first one to notice :P) Hope you have a great trip,
Hannah
P.S. May God bless every second of your trip.
Thanks Hannah, and good work!
Sarah,Thanks for getting back to me.Now we'll have to try and get a hold of Corinne...or maybe we should call her Dorothy.Glad she has somewhere to sleep anyway.We had a rattlesnack experience in Killbear one year when we were camping.Not something I'd want to relive. Glad you survived the shock...I'm sure your screams scared it away...good thinking on your feet,er ...pedals.Keep on blogging.I'm living vicariously thro' your words and pics.
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