Pedal On

We got a relatively early start and hammered towards Ione, WA to keep trying to beat the heat.  We rode along the Pend Oreille River all morning... And peddled through the Kalispel Nation... Where there was a massive Pow Wow facility... While we were riding, Bonnie went for a run along Bear Lake... Towards the end of the ride the heat caught us... In dry eastern Washington... We arrived a little early in Ione and we were treated with snowmobiles racing across the lake....the ones making a wake in the midde are snowmobiles!!! The end of our adventure is fast approaching but maybe not fast enough for some of us...

We took a field trip to the Ross Creek Cedars that are over 1,000 years old!  It was actually a pretty magical place with a cool understory and massive trees that have stood for over a millennium... Even with significant woodpecker foraging... We stayed in Priest River... Where is was friggin' HOT.... We snuck an early evening ride in and the heat did not get us so whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger... Except...

A little heat wave is hitting the Northwest and we certainly felt it on the ride into Libby, MT... We road the rest of the length of Lake Koocanusa... All the way to the Libby dam that created the lake... Where we met up with Bonnie and got some cold drinks before making our way to Libby... Here, Henry is letting me know what the best Gatorade flavor is and why and I think I finally get it... After the Libby Dam, we road along the Kootenai River... We were hot and exposed before getting to the City of Eagles, Libby, MT... And hiked out to these falls on the west side of town this am... Planning to hide from the heat and take a few rest days until it hopefully breaks on Monday...

We've been heading West and North out of Glacier NP which has taken us through Whitefish enroute to Eureka.  The scenary has been stunning and the mountains seem to go on forever... It is great to have Bonnie with us as we can meet for lunch like we did here in Whitefish... We crossed the Flathead River... Which seems to be a popular camping spot... Today, we took off towards Eureka... And found some more rural art...  a black rabbit... And more bike packers than we have seen anywhere else... We dropped this group no problem... We found another Great Northern Caboose... As we rolled into Eureka... And took a break at the Montana Market...  where a reporter approached us and asked if he could ask us a crazy question.  We obliged and we're excited to hear the crazy question which turned out to be not so crazy; "...