Ready to Pedal

Our arrival at the Idaho state line, and the infamous Tootin' Tater trolley in Boise

Mike Miller, of the Miller train, and Fanci Freez, home of the best soft serve fro yo in Boise!

After the ease of last couple of days, we are ready to get back to pedaling tomorrow! Monday was cake. The ride was only 62 miles, from Ontario, OR, to Boise, ID. There was very minimal climbing, and we spent a good part of the time riding with the "Miller train." The Millers are a family from Florida - Mike, Bernice, and their two boys Derek and Michael, with whom we've been hanging out quite a bit. Riding in a group of 10-15, with the Millers and others, made the miles fly by (not only because of the company, but also because, due to drafting and a tail wind, we hardly had to pedal!) We got into Boise, had great sandwiches for lunch in the "artsy" part of town, and sat outside people-watching for a while. Then, we rode to a bike shop in order to get some new wheels for Joel (the previous evening he found some very dangerous fractures in his old set!), and then we finally settled into our new hotel in Boise, the nicest we've stayed in yet. Dinner was set up by our trip leaders at the nearby Perkins Family Restaurant (we've never been, but hear that its equivalent to Denny's...). Sick to death of buffets, we decided to go out on our own with some friends to a restaurant recommended by the hotel staff. Lucky we did, because we later heard that the food at Perkins was inedible!

Today was our rest day - woohoo! It was much needed and appreciated. We slept in, had a leisurely breakfast, walked around, got massages, did laundry, and hung out. Somewhere in the middle there we took an INSANELY boring trolley tour of Boise, but we're trying our best to forget about that part of the day. Now that we're all rested, we're ready for the next 9 days of continuous riding, through the rest of Idaho and Wyoming!