Yah- summer solstice! It sure doesn’t feel like it here in Idaho. It’s been cool and rainy. Woke up this morning and it was in the low 40s. It rained a lot last night and the floor of my tent was all wet. Fortunately the rain fly kept me dry inside, but for some reason the floor of the tent is leaking. I even have a ground cloth under it but it didn’t do much good obviously. No worries, all my things are dry. No rain in the morning which was good, but there was 30% chance of rain along the route so I packed all my rain gear. That was fortunate because we ran into rain as we were making the climb to xxxxx. Rumbling of thunder to start things off. Then it started hailing, so I thought I better put my rain gear on! Through the mountain area part way up the hill climb and a ways during the descent it was raining, fortunately not super hard because there was quite a bit of traffic and no shoulder on the road. We descended into a spectacular valley and the rain stopped. It looked like a place where herds of elk should be roaming, and bears and moose playing in the fields alongside the meandering stream. But alas we saw no wildlife. Where the heck are all the 10,000 moose that are supposed to be in Idaho??? Oh and where are all the potato fields? Presumably they are in southern Idaho- nary a potato where we are riding.
It was a beautiful ride through that valley. Stopped at New Meadows for a coffee. Chet and Than met up with me there. The further ride into Cambridge was uneventful, a bit of a headwind but not a hard ride. We were staying at Mondo Hot Springs. A very nice RV and camping area where we had access to the Hot Springs pool at 4 PM. VERY nice and relaxing after a days ride. The main pool was 102 degrees and the hot tub portion was 104 degrees. Not nearly as hot as the hot springs in Saratoga, but it was very good for the muscles in any case. My hamstrings tend to tighten up after a ride and this hot mineral water is just the thing to relax them. At 5 Timmie and I went shopping as we were cooks for the evening. Chile cheese hot dogs and macaroni salad on the menu. Turned out quite tasty!! We had an afternoon thunder shower as we were preparing the feast, so we erected our portable canopy and it worked out great! The sun came out and no more rain in the evening. A very nice stay.
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Biking across the USA with Mike 
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