The second half....

See my previous post for days 1 & 2.

Wednesday was our hardest.  It  started easily enough with long 4 mile climb along I-90 up the east side of the gorge -- not steep.  At George WA (really, there is such a place) we took to the backroads on to Odessa.  The trip covered 83 miles -- but the hard part was temps in the low 90s.  Not something most of us are acclimated too -- yet.

Overnight accomodations were at the Odessa High School.  Dinner was prepare by parents raising money to send their kids to Fla for a business-themed competition.  Great food; chicken Parmesan, penne pasta, Caesar salad, brownie & chocolate ice cream, watermellon.  Yum.  Bernie & I followed up with a beer at the Rolling Thunder Saloon.

Yesterdy was our easiest through rolling dry land wheat fields into the pine woods approaching Spokane.  77 miles, temps in the 60s and a tailwind.  Sweet!    Continued in my next post,