Boise, ID

It is 6-29 and now we have a day off. It will be good to have a day off. We have ridden fairly hard at times the last 2 days. Yesterday we had to be shuttled in one of the vans for about 8 miles due to construction. Rode on the expressway yesterday, that was a new treat with cars and trucks whizzing by at 65 mph. We had a good shoulder, but there was a lot of junk along the side of the road. The scenery wasn't anything really spectacular yesterday but we did ride along the Snake River. Yesterday the highlight of the day was pulling John who is an 80 year old cyclist. He teaches music in NJ and is a concert violinist. We put 2 in front, John in the middle, and one in back. we stayed like that for about 14+ mi. We were trying to stay around 17-18 mph, then John said push it up to 20 mph. It was a hoot,he was very appreciative when we were done and at the hotel.
Today was a short 61mi, went by really quickly. We saw a lot of agricultural farming and a tremendous amount of irrigation. Today,we also saw a considerable number of horses. We were on a lot of back roads today so for once we did not have to worry about a lot of traffic. We are in Boise, ID, our 1st day in Idaho. Rest stop couldn't have come at a better time, we all need a day off the saddle, if you know what I mean. The last several days it has gotten pretty hot in the afternoon low to mid 90's.
America by Bicycle is doing a really nice job so far and they are very accommodating. Tonight they gave us some info on the history of Idaho and things of interest in Boise that we might want to do.
I can hardly wait to sleep in tomorrow. I know some of you are saying and this is a vacation biking across America, on top of that we are getting up between 5-5:30 every morning.
For those of you that are familiar with heart rate monitors, Ted started out with an all time high of 205 this morning.
I will try to up date the blog in 2 days, and hopefully a picture or 2, but don't hold your breath on the pictures.