Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Sun Sept 14th - Mountain Home to Murphy, Idaho (60 mi)

Today was a lazy day. The desert sun really got to us. By the way, who knew Idaho had a desert? I certainly did not. Mountain Home AFB was having an air show, so we caught a glimpse. After 50 miles of biking, which included almost getting run off the road by some asshole in a big white pick-up truck, we were so hot and tired we decided to nap on the cold concrete of a rest stop for an hour. We only went 60 miles instead of the planned 83... what a cop out! Turned out great though. A wave from the helicopter pilot and everyone else in Murphy. The Murphy General Store owners were nice enough to let us camp on their lawn, use their firepit, and even gave us grilled zucchini from their home garden and some dutch oven pot roast. Can you believe the hospitality? Amazing people in amazing places.

And once again, no showers. We have protective coatings of dirt and grime. The 3 day old dirt prevents the 6th day dirt from caking on. We're thinking of getting showers tomorrow.



We credit Scott's USA bandana with
getting us great hospitality from everyone today.


2 comments:

Annabella Letona said...

Hi guys! I really love the blog but I want to see more pictures of you. Best of luck, I love you.

-Mom

Anna said...

You should post your "Welcome to Idaho" and "Welcome to Oregon" pictures!!!