Saturday, June 28, 2008

Day 6!

(Day 5 (yesterday) was a rest day in Spokane. Besides shopping for things I needed, getting my defective bike shoes replaced (yay!), and doing laundry, I had fun relaxing and seeing a tiny bit of Spokane, such as the Milk Bottle restaurant.)

Spokane, WA to Sandpoint, ID - 79.3 miles, 6:24

Just north of Spokane I saw the most amazing site. It's something I thought I'd never see, and I think that seeing it has made this whole trip worthwhile. Yes. I saw a gas station selling regular gas for under $4.
Oh my.
Global climate change has affected the flora and fauna of northeastern Washington.

The little town of Newport, WA was having a parade for their rodeo days. We were almost a part of it. The best part of that town was Owen's Drug store soda fountain. I've decided that if I can have a real milkshake in a soda fountain every day on this ride, I will be a happy cyclist.


I made it to Idaho!!
Some more pictures of the beautiful scenery we passed:

The weather is getting hotter and hotter. This Pacific NW native is not used to the heat, and I don't like it! One good thing, though. The heat makes me forget about my sore rear end and feet.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hurry up!!! We are all ears here!!!

How is it going now that you are back on the road?

Anonymous said...

I think that the sights are what will make this adventure for you very inspiring. You will see a little more than what we would see just driving through towns going on the interstate.

Pedal on, my friend!! And keep blogging, too!

Love ya,
~fe

Unknown said...

I hope you don't find something worse than hot weather and a sore rear to distract you from both of those!!!