Baker City, OR.

The welcome sight of the irrigated valley at Baker City. It wasn't as hot today due to the cool wind. The fact that it was a headwind didn't seem so bad!

To Baker City, OR.

I thought the engineers had run out of ideas or funds with the old road we were on next to the river. Turns out it was a massive landslide that blocked the road and made the high detour necessary.

Halfway, OR.

Our barnyard campsite in Halfway. It is nice when the sun sets and it cools down.

Oregon

Yippee! Ingo and I enter Oregon, the final state of the adventure.

Hell's Canyon

Dropping down into Hell's Canyon to cross the Snake River and enter Oregon. This is Brownlee's Dam on the Snake River.

To Halfway, OR.

Another scorcher of a day. These roadsigns that state the obvious really crack me up!

To Cambridge, ID

22 July. Eish! It's getting hot out here. Like being in a sauna with a hairdryer.

Salmon River Canyon

White Bird, ID.

After dropping down into the valley through 27 switchbacks on the old pass, we stopped for a second breakfast in White Bird and got the best deal we've had all summer: $2.95 breakfast and 25c coffee!

To Riggins, ID.

Panoramic view from the top of the Old White Bird Hill Road. In the distance is the Salmon River Canyon that we rode through to Riggins.

Grangeville, ID.

We have climbed out of the wilderness up to Grangeville and back into cellphone networks, wifi, and the familiar surrounds of a city park.

Clearwater River

Since Missoula we've been following rivers though narrow forested valleys. This closely follows the route of the 1805 Lewis & Clark expedition and the later flight of the Nez Perce. First was Lolo Creek then Lochsa River which grew wider through yesterday's ride and joined the Middle Fork Clearwater River at Lowell.

To Grangeville, ID.

20 July. We are usually quite strung out, so a bunch pic is rare. Here we are being led by the pilot cab through some roadworks.

Lochsa River to Lowell

19 July. We followed the Lochsa River through the Bitterroot Wilderness for 65 miles to Lowell.

Devoto Memorial Cedar Grove.

Spent some time amongst these cedars that were already old when Columbus and the boys were sailing around.

Lolo Creek

Lolo Creek that we'll be following for a couple of days.