The first two pictures are from the climb yesterday. We made it from Winchester to Kamiah. The day started great but after 2 hours the storm brewing in the distance caught up to us. We were caught in a fierce headwind, rain, and hail. Epic. There was a 10 mile descent into Kamiah where we froze despite wearing our raingear. We arrived into Kamiah shivering and found a local cafe to get hot beverages, soup, and sandwiches. Our hope was that the rain would stop and we would pitch out tent; however, when we finally left the cafe it was raining harder than ever. After a quick stop at the grocery store, we decided to find a campground to pitch our tent even though it was still only 2:00. Our first two attempts were failures, but on the third try we found a great campground with a motel too. With very little convincing, we decided today was one of those motel kind of days (it is still pouring outside). Instead of shivering in the tent, we took warm showers, have wifi, and are doing laundry. Today's milage was 45, with about 2000 feet of descending. Tomorrow we are shooting for the USFS Wilderness Gateway Campground which is 25 miles NE of Lowell and about 55 miles from Kamiah.
Brrr...that sounds brutal! We are following you on our atlas and that ride tomorrow looks good - right along that river. We are insanely jealous now despite even the hail. However its been cold and windy here and we have not been riding for a few days - wimps! Nora & Boys
ReplyDeleteDespite the epicness of the day , you continue to pack on the miles! Wow! And leave it to you 2 to pick up a dog. I'm surprised Katy didn't use her Magiver skills to fashion a side car for the bike and take DOG with you. Loving your posts and thinking about you a ton. I dragged the kids about 15 miles yesterday and thought about you riding with the equivalent of an Ian or so over those passes.
ReplyDeletedescending in rain with panniers....sounds super sketch! keep up the adventures! :)
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