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| view from the marina |
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| view from the kayak |
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| my cousins on their birthday aahh. so sad there was no lasagne on the menu at red fish lake lodge |
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| whiskey with the elk |
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| internettin' away |
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| lookin' for my pot a gold |
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| the other side of the rainbow |
Sunday, June 20, 2010
rest days are nice....
some pics from our day off yesterday at red fish lake lodge:
Saturday, June 19, 2010
red fish lake, sawtooth wilderness, eedaho'
well we made it!
as soon as i saw the couch, i collapsed. day nine practically did me in! today i'm lounging on the red fish lake marina, resting my sore muscles and slowly uploading pics from our climb yesterday. later on i may take a dip or a kayak in the lake. or i may just take another nap. rita and phil are off to sun valley to drop of grace at the airport so she can make it home in time for her mother's 94th b-day. We will miss her greatly. now chauffeur nini is completely at the helm. cuidado!
mr. hemingway's apparently took inspiration from these appropriately named mountains. steep, rugged, and still covered in snow. yesterday i don't think we were expecting such a long and treacherous climb.
It started out rather mild, continuing up the south fork of the payette, passing the hot springs and vistas of the mountains in the distance. Once the river took a turn, so did the grade of the road, ascending to 7200 feet at banner summit. Once there we were told it was all downhill the rest of the way to stanley (another 25 miles). Well the first four miles lived up to that promise, after that it was rolling up and down for 21 miles with a strong headwind. The alpen meadows and mountain backdrop was breathtaking, despite the pedalling challenge. We rolled into Stanley, grabbed a beer to celebrate, before making the last six mile push to the lake.
Tomorrow we follow the salmon river up and over the galena pass (8700' i think) and then down past sun valley and into hailey. hopefully my legs will have recovered by then!
some highlights from yesterday:
as soon as i saw the couch, i collapsed. day nine practically did me in! today i'm lounging on the red fish lake marina, resting my sore muscles and slowly uploading pics from our climb yesterday. later on i may take a dip or a kayak in the lake. or i may just take another nap. rita and phil are off to sun valley to drop of grace at the airport so she can make it home in time for her mother's 94th b-day. We will miss her greatly. now chauffeur nini is completely at the helm. cuidado!
mr. hemingway's apparently took inspiration from these appropriately named mountains. steep, rugged, and still covered in snow. yesterday i don't think we were expecting such a long and treacherous climb.
It started out rather mild, continuing up the south fork of the payette, passing the hot springs and vistas of the mountains in the distance. Once the river took a turn, so did the grade of the road, ascending to 7200 feet at banner summit. Once there we were told it was all downhill the rest of the way to stanley (another 25 miles). Well the first four miles lived up to that promise, after that it was rolling up and down for 21 miles with a strong headwind. The alpen meadows and mountain backdrop was breathtaking, despite the pedalling challenge. We rolled into Stanley, grabbed a beer to celebrate, before making the last six mile push to the lake.
Tomorrow we follow the salmon river up and over the galena pass (8700' i think) and then down past sun valley and into hailey. hopefully my legs will have recovered by then!
some highlights from yesterday:
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| moonlight over haven hot springs |
Friday, June 18, 2010
Thursday, June 17, 2010
haven hot springs... day 8
today we followed the south fork of the payette river up to lowman, id, home of some great hot springs and 13 rib dinners. was a gradual incline upstream, a welcome break from mt. google we encountered yesterday. stopped at the chevron in garden valley for some fried chicken and potato salad for lunch... before soaking in the hot pools and devouring a couple of pigs... seems tourism is down in these parts, which is great for us with the lack of rv traffic. we eagerly await the snowy peaks of the sawtooths, which should come into view tomorrow as we ascend to stanley and take our first rest day at red fish lake lodge.
some highlights from today:
leaving riverside depot in horseshoe bend
some highlights from today:
a recap of day 7.... ontario to horseshoe bend
we made it to horseshoe bend id last night... after a 13+ mile detour up a steep hill to a gravel road that was partially underwater... had to turn around and get back on the highway. we have lost faith in both google and garmin to direct us in the hills. at least it got our hearts pumping with that 11% grade. as soon as we got to the top of the hill, a rancher told us we best turn around or else navigate 11 miles of gravel, partially submerged in water.
was a great day otherwise. once we got back on the hwy, we just followed the payette river gently upstream until the river makes a dramatic u-turn (hence the horseshoe). some highlights of our first day in idaho:
was a great day otherwise. once we got back on the hwy, we just followed the payette river gently upstream until the river makes a dramatic u-turn (hence the horseshoe). some highlights of our first day in idaho:
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| top of the "google" hill |
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
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!
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!
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