Tuesday, August 11, 2009

From Baker City, Oregon all the way to Council, Idaho

  Today, a mix of heat, altitude and a big climb, almost sapped all the pedaling out of Skip!  But he never quit, although there was a quick ice cream break at the bottom of the 4131 ft pass ;).  So 136.8 miles after leaving Baker City, OR, we have found ourselves in Council, Idaho.  
Arch and I took a detour into Hell's Canyon, which was amazing!  So amazing, Arch ran out the camera battery taking pictures!!  Don't worry, you guys will be the first to see them when the camera gets all charged up!  
In between our detour, and Skip's ice cream, there was also a little bit of herding going on when Skip biked himself into a group of cattle roaming highway 86.  Skip channeled his inner cowboy, threw out some loud and commanding "YEEAWWW"'s, and managed to successfully not cause a stampede...   
In and exciting developement, seems like L-E has really become the for-front of our journey across the US to raise funds and awareness for Parkinson's Disesease.  L-E and Skip were featured on the official Team Fox blog, clicl below to read!