Friday, July 11, 2008

A LONG - but great riding day

It is 11 PM and we are finally getting ready to hit the hay.

 

We took off from Fallon, NV at 7 AM and had a few gas stops and 2 quick food stops and rode about 650 miles to Moscow, ID – where we are spending the night.  The temperatures were pretty nice today being mostly in the 70 – 85 degree range – however, toward the end or our ride (at about 9 PM), the temps were in the upper $50’s.  The ride was BEAUTIFUL – especially the Salmon River Canyon on the way to Lewiston Idaho.

 

We were informed that for whatever reason our GPS did not update as it was supposed to today.  Sorry about that – near as we can tell, it may shut down when it is in one place for more than 5 hours to save battery and we did not know that and did not restart it this AM.  We won’t make that mistake again.  I heard a number of you called to check on us and wrote us notes – thank you so much for your thoughts and desire to help.

 

Starting tomorrow AM we will be in Canada and I am not sure what type of computer and/or phone access we will have, so updating the  blog may be a little less timely as a result – but the GPS tracker should still keep us updating on the map hopefully.

 

Our ride was great – but one person (from central CA – who shall remain nameless) got a speeding ticket today for doing 77 in a 65.  It was only a $75 ticket – so not too bad.  We ate a late Italian dinner at 10 PM and are heading to bed.  Hitting road at 7 AM tomorrow heading to Canada.

 

Look for next update and thanks for following along.

 

Steve

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

GPS was a GREAT idea. Fun to track the journey. Take a picture of a Mountie when you cross the border. Good luck, guys!

Anonymous said...

It's cool watching the FindMeSpot tracking device. The website shows you crossed into Canada about 12:40pm. You are passing through some beautiful country; get lots of pictures.