We started off early that morning riding through an area of preserved desert scrubland. While much of this part of the country was agricultural there was a small area surrounding the falls which was natural desert area. I admired the beauty of this rare landscape with hints of purple, yellow and blue wild flowers. I didn't listen to music much on the trip but on this morning Will lent me my Ipod and I listened to Wilco's Sky Blue Sky as we rode out. We rode into the very small town of Washtucna, where we happily restocked on food. We rode fast and furious on the 26, which soon ran along the Palouse River. I was a bit dismayed to see the amount of agricultural runoff that flowed into the waters that cascaded over the falls. We reconnected with Carrie and Ashley, who had left much earlier than us, somewhere on the 26 and rode with them into the small town of Colfax. Where we feasted on pizza and used the public library. While we ate Will reconnected with with home and found a friend of friend who lived in Moscow Idaho. We were planning on going northeast with Carrie and Ashley but the prospect of a friendly home was too promising. So we headed southeast down the 195 through Pullman, the home of Washington State University. I had heard quite a bit about the exploits of the Washington States student bodies ability to party, and was feeling rather revelrous on the day so as we rode near campus we started shouting "Go Cougs!" to every pedestrian and biker we saw. The primal scream was infectious and we got lots of opportunities to yell as we left town. We soon discovered a bikepath that ran all the way to Moscow. Sweet! And plenty more people to yell at. As we entered Idaho we briefly yelled Go Vandals but it didn't have the same appeal. We found our hosts Mary Jo and Randy, had a lovely meeting and then got picked up by our hosts daughter who took us to the local brewery where we put back some good chow and beers. We ended up going to a nice young ladies house where we talked about music and the importance of safety on the road. We headed back late to a great nights sleep in Mary Jo's backyard. Clint Didier
Pete riding out of the park with the desert scrubland in the background.
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Ice Cream is addictive. I ate almost the whole box and put the rest in a water bottle.
Rolling hills of the Palouse
Za in Colfax!
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