Written by Chris Day 18 – June 15 – 57 Miles, 2,200 feet climbing (Lochas Lodge to Missoula MT) Today was the ride that I had dreaded 15 years ago, the ride up Lolo Pass. When Laura and I rode it we were dreading the climb but what we found out that after riding for … Continue reading Lolo Pass and state three

Written by Dave Day 17 – June 14 – 67 Miles, 2,350 feet climbing (Three Rivers Lodge to Lochas Lodge) We had a nice night in Three Rivers Lodge and RV park. For the record the rivers are the Clearwater (downstream), Selway (right fork upstream) and Lochsa (left fork upstream). We broke camp at 7:40, … Continue reading Cruising the Lochsa River to Lochsa Lodge

Written by Dave Day 16 – June 13 – 47 Miles, 1,150 feet climbing (Grangeville to Lowell) Back to regular old human generated content today. Sorry, no Phil Ligget suitcases of pain. Rather than racing uphill, today we had a short riding day that included much less climbing. I tried to convince Chris that today … Continue reading Active rest day riding to Lowell

Written by ChatGPT (and Pete and Curtis) Day 14 – June 12 – 52 Miles, 3,615 feet climbing (Riggins to Grangeville) Today was Pete’s day to write the blog. He decided, with an assist from Curtis, to use the artificial intelligence engine ChatGPT to write his blog. They chose to use “the voice of Phil … Continue reading Technology experiment

Written by Dave Day 14 – June 11 – 62 Miles, 1,965 feet climbing (Council to Riggins) Council RV and Bike camp was a wee bit noisy overnight. It turns out that a bunch of the permanent residents work some sort of construction and had a long day. They didn’t return until well after dark. … Continue reading Two sides of Highway 95

Written by Dave Day 13 – June 10 – 62 Miles, 4,183 feet climbing (Oxbow to Council) Everyone had a good sleep in the lovely Oxbow campground. The camp was full of long travel trailers and big trucks, most appeared to be there for the fishing but some nice folks from Seattle befriended us in … Continue reading Blasting through Hells Canyon

Written by Nancy Day 12 – June 9 – 73 Miles, 2,750 feet climbing (Baker City to Oxbow) We were up early this morning, trying to get on the road early to avoid too much climbing in the heat.  The hostel is all one big room, so we all tiptoed around trying to eat our … Continue reading Bonus miles after meeting with old friends

Written by Dave Day 11 – June 8 We’ve had a very relaxing rest day here in Baker City. The hostel was full and I am happy to report that our team contributed very little to the overnight noise in the sleeping area. Whatever Chris, our chief snorer, did last night need to be repeated … Continue reading Rest day musings from Baker City

Written by Curtis Day 10 – June 7 - 52 Miles, 2,612 feet climbing (Bates State Park to Baker City) This morning Pete (newly crowned 2024 UNR alumni of the year) was up early packing to get to Baker City for an afternoon alumni volunteer call. The rest of us took time to dry out … Continue reading Bates to Baker City

Written by Dave Day 9 – June 6 - 62 Miles, 3,304 feet climbing (Dayville to Bates State Park) (Posted June 7, at camp none of AT&T, Verzion or T-Mobile, our combined networks, had signal. This gave us the night off-line and some spectacular stars last night) Today starts with last night. After I posted, … Continue reading Riding to no signal and star land