Friday, June 30, 2006
Day 6
Spokane to Sandpoint, ID - 77 miles
The air had finally cooled off as we rode out of town. It had been very warm in the dorms and hard to sleep. We are now riding through pine forests and passing a number of lakes. Today we crossed the border into Idaho, ya our first state line crossing....
I arrived in Sandpoint early at 11am. Cheryl, Tom and myself got cleaned up and spent the rest of the afternoon in Sandpoint. The town is on Lake Pend Oreille. There is a waterfront with shops and restaurants. There is also a great beach to cool off at. The lake itself is over 1,000 feet deep in places and there is a US submarine base located on it.
The area is big on mountain biking with 4 bike shops to service 5,000 people. They have a bar with bike seats for stools.....
We were camping at a highschool and they locked up the building at 9pm. Made for an interesting morning with no facilities.
The air had finally cooled off as we rode out of town. It had been very warm in the dorms and hard to sleep. We are now riding through pine forests and passing a number of lakes. Today we crossed the border into Idaho, ya our first state line crossing....
I arrived in Sandpoint early at 11am. Cheryl, Tom and myself got cleaned up and spent the rest of the afternoon in Sandpoint. The town is on Lake Pend Oreille. There is a waterfront with shops and restaurants. There is also a great beach to cool off at. The lake itself is over 1,000 feet deep in places and there is a US submarine base located on it.
The area is big on mountain biking with 4 bike shops to service 5,000 people. They have a bar with bike seats for stools.....
We were camping at a highschool and they locked up the building at 9pm. Made for an interesting morning with no facilities.
# posted by Jack Turner : 10:15 AM
