Hi Dee Ho-Idaho

Woke up this morning to a perfect day in Halfway, Oregon. Not a cloud in the sky. I had a breakfast of strawberries and Gatorade and took my prescribed dose of Motrin that my personal nurse recommended. I dropped of the key, took one last look at the beautiful mountainous backdrop that makes Halfway a nice place to visit and hit the road. From Halfway to Oxbow there was a downhill grade and the temperature was ideal. At Oxbow I made a hard right turn, climbed a small hill and turned pretty much South again except this time I had the Snake River to my left. The Snake is a pretty wide river below the Brownlee Dam and I followed it for 11 miles. It was a perfect day so there were many boats, RVs and fishermen out enjoying the day. Along the way I scared a deer out of its bed and saw three long horned sheep walking the ridge to my right. After biking for over two weeks I finally came to the Brownlee Dam and Idaho. Looking back, it was tough. Oregon is a beautiful, biker friendly state but presents a good challenge for someone who bikes through it, especially in the Spring. And, I felt a huge sense of accomplishment as I crossed the Snake River. I had a pretty good climb up to the top of the Reservoir and then rolling hills till I came to the six mile climb out of the canyon. After climbing out of the canyon I had 17 miles of alternating downhill to level road to Cambridge. But then I started getting slapped in the face with bugs. At one point I looked at the road and it was covered in what I thought were grasshoppers but then realized they were crickets. It looked like the head cricket blew a whistle and they all started crossing the road at the same. I could even hear them crunch as a broke there formation. Welcome to Idaho.