The Lone Ranger goes side saddle & Sabrina goes down again

Day 10 - Glenns Ferry to Twin Falls, ID. Ouch, on both counts. Two days ago after about 40 miles I asked Sabrina for the gel saddle pad, which she gave me without question. Well, I finished out that day and the whole next day in relative comfort. Today I returned it to her and after about 30 miles I found that I had to resort to side saddle, left cheek only if you know what I mean. My discomfort was nothing compared to the event that Sabrina encountered ! While riding on highway 84 to Twin Falls, she took a tumble when trying to deal with traffic at an oncoming entrance ramp. Those damned clipless pedals. She just can't get out of them when it's a crisis situation. Anyway, she was slowwing down anticipating the merge and crossover when it was too late. She went down with trailer trucks zooming by on the left and cars merging from the right, it scared the death out of the both of us! She got scraped up on the knee and elbow but the worst part was the fright. She walked it off like the trooper we all know and I assured her that I would change her pedals the next day. To add insult to injury, she wanted to get off the highway miles before and go on an Idaho Scenic Road, old highway 30. But, since I was so far ahead of her, I didn' hear her yelling at me and I rode past the exit. Well, on we rode arriving in Twin Falls about an hour after the SAG wagon expected us. Still alive though. After getting settled into the motel rooms that were provided to us complements of Rotarian Eric Watti, we enjoyed pizza and brew in the old town section of Twin Fall while enjoying viewing of an antique and hot rod car show that was going on one block over. A good time was had by all.

Day 11 - Twin Falls to Declo, ID (20 miles past Burley)

Up and at'em early. Since we didn't have the pop-up open and couldn't cook breakfast, this was a good opportunity to get out early. We loaded up the truck, changed Sabrina's pedals, got a quick bite to eat at a local ice cream parlor (Eagles) and were on the road around 9:00. We met our host Eric and had a nice chat before hitting the road. This was sheduled to be a short day, 48 miles, but we decided to take the scenic route today and it still was relatively short even though we went past Burley into Village of Trees campground in Declo (52 mile). We were very happy today because Wayne rode with us today for the last 10 miles into camp. At Burley, Ben took over driving the truck and Wayne hopped onto Ben's bike. Wayne loved it and said he would split riding with Ben whenever he wanted a break. It'll be good having 3 bikers on the road all the time now. The campground is very nice and we're very lucky that out host Rotarian, Paul Lyons was able to get us in as the place is completely booked up because of the Burley Boat Regatta. Paul and his wife stopped by and we had a very nice chat. Them appologized for not spending more time with us, but they were hosting a family reunion the next day. Everything that they did was far beyond what we hoped, as the arranged for the campsite, dinner and breakfast. Our thanks go out to all the Idaho Rotarians for their support. The regatta is the annual speed boat race weekend with boats coming in from all over the country. The campground put us right next to the bathooms, but told us they could probably move us if it wasn't acceptable. They warned us that it was a pretty rowdy the night before with karioki blasting until 1:30, when the police arrived to quite them down. After we were settled in, we took a side trip to City of Rocks, a national preserve about 45 miles south of the campground. Sabrina and Wayne went wild exploring the rocks and caves. It was a beautiful place on the Oregon Trail that I would recommend to everyone who comes through here. But we had a really quite night and no problems. Once again, we had great time and are looking forward to a long ride, about 100 miles to Blackfoot on the next leg of this unbelievable adventure.

Keep Them Wheels a Rollin'

Paul