7-27 Monday

New Meadows, ID to Brownlee Dam - 75.31 miles

Another day of high temps well into the 90's and interesting terrain into the desert. The first half the day was mainly downhill, a long slow sloping grade. Not much to report during the middle of the day, except for the views. Incredible spanses of desert and dry mountains.

While riding, we had the company of millions of locusts that made crunching noises as we rode over them.

I also found an Idaho license plate that is the newest edition to my bike... sweet. We road along the Snake River until the end of Idaho. The river turned into a resevoir where we camped at the bottom of the damn at McCormick Park, one of Idaho Power's Hells Canyon Recreation Facilities just past the Brownlee Dam.

We enjoyed the cool river and lounged by the tents the rest of the day. Once again, the stars were epic!