i can see idaho from here...

john day to ontario = >132 miles and 5500 feet up of hard grueling cycling!

what could have been was not for us.  luckily we have a great support team who dropped us of at mile 65, right in front of the ironside post office.  that made our day doable and brought us into ontario still walking.  the first stretch we saw more cows than cars, it was a pleasant descent through ranch country.  stopping off in brogan for some chili, biscuits and tamales for lunch.  the later half was more dust, trucks and headwinds than expected... up there with the portland suburbs.  

off in search of a five blimp dinner in preps for the start of our trek up to the sawtooths over the next three days (not sure if we'll have wifi for a bit).

oh and ps. we are now on mountain daylight time. so adjust your clocks accordingly!