That's been the big experience in Idaho so far. The logging trucks move fast and give very little room. They're as bad as they are in Oregon. The roadkill is also as bad as it is in Oregon, but seems to smell worse here. What is it with the states not picking up their dead animals?
Idaho is still a beautiful state. The ride along the Salmon River was amazing. Yesterday we hit the worst wind so far riding into Riggins. It was 60 miles straight into a 20+ mph wind. It took us 5.5 hours.
Today the ride into Grangeville was much nicer. We rode on the old highway, which is so small it doesn't even have lines painted on it. It also had no traffic to speak of, nice steady grade with switchbacks I've only seen on Tour de France coverage (minus the millions of screaming fans), and a great decent into town.
Some other random thoughts... I finally got my load balanced enough to ride no hands, I can bunny hope an 80+ pound loaded touring bike, chamios butt'r has reached a near godly status, and this is the ultimate way to travel.
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