Up at 5:30 today and on the road at 6:30am. The store and cafe were close this morning when I left so will need to skip breakfast do 66 miles and then have a good lunch. The ride today follows the Lochse River and is a slow downhill most of the day.
66 miles in I made it to the Wilnerness Inn and Cafe in Lowell. The pictures of the pine/cedar Forrest and river is what I’ve seen all day…no Idaho potatoes here…just a lot of wilderness. I could have taken a hundred pictures like the ones below…that has been the scenery all day. Having lunch at the cafe—turkey sandwich, grilled cheese sandwich, fries and iced tea.
After leaving the cafe I met two young ladies doing the trip west to east. I think one had just finished college and wanted to do this and talked her friend into joining her. They have been on the road for three weeks this far and seem to be really enjoying it. They asked me about some of the highlights for me and I shared some of my favorite spots along the route. I asked them if they had bear spray and they didn’t, so since I’m now officially out of Grizzly country I gave them mine.
I rolled into Kooskia at about 3:30 pm and am spending the night here. Checked into the Western motel…Clean with AC, shower, comfortable bed, and fast WiFi all for $50 tax included—the retired military rate 🙂
Feeling good and would like to do another 20-30 miles, but I’ve got a steep climb coming up so figured it would be best to tackle that when I’m fresh in the morning….also, there is a laundry across the road and I really need to wash my riding cloths 🙂
The last photo below is from the town market parking lot. Main Street in Kooskia is only about 1/4 mile long with old buildings and most of them open and in business. The photo captures 4 American flags flying above businesses on Main Street…doubt people around here sympathize much with the spoiled millionaire football players complaining about the new NFL rule requiring them to stand for the National Anthem or stay in the locker room. I like this town 🙂
Feeling good and strong….will be riding through Hells Canyon Wilderness area tomorrow—that sounds fun 🙂
