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Idaho-Montana 2014

Ken and I rode from Boise, Idaho to Missoula, Montana in August, 2014.
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We raced downhill on Highway 21 to get to Haven Hot Springs before the restaurant closed.
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We raced downhill on Highway 21 to get to Haven Hot Springs before the restaurant closed.

  • Day 1: Boise to Idaho City; 49.4 miles, average 7.5 mph.
  • I forgot to tighten a couple of bolts, so my rack fell down a couple miles into the ride. Luckily, nothing was permanently damaged.
  • We rode up the long, twisting hill to the Bogus Basin ski area.
  • Wildfires in eastern Oregon turned the sky brown.
  • Looking back towards Boise.
  • Climbing towards Bogus Basin.
  • Once we passed the ski area, the road turned to gravel. My bike computer fell off, and I had to backtrack a mile to find it.
  • We rode for a long ways without seeing any cars.
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  • Highway 307 to Idaho City was freshly graded and very soft; I fell and cracked the display on my camera, and had to shoot the rest of the pictures with very little feedback.
  • We stayed in this comfortable lodge in Idaho City.
  • Downtown Idaho City, formerly a bustling mining town, now a ghost town with a little bit of touristy stuff.
  • Day 2: Idaho City to Haven Hot Springs, 64.8 miles, average 8.6 mph.
  • We spent the first part of this day riding on gravel Forest Service roads.
  • The tallest beaver dam I've ever seen.
  • Ken taking a break along Rabbit Creek.
  • Heading uphill.
  • We raced downhill on Highway 21 to get to Haven Hot Springs before the restaurant closed.
  • Each room had an outdoor, hot-spring fed tub. The weather was too hot to really enjoy it, but I sat in it for a while anyway.
  • We made it to the restaurant with 45 minutes to spare. Plan B had been to ride a couple miles further to a campground and beg for food.
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