THANK THE WIND GODS, is all I can say; we had one hell of a tail wind which made this ride, which could have been pretty grueling, really enjoyable. The winds were so strong that when we turned south, it felt like I would have been blown over. Had it been a head wind, not sure I would have wanted to finish.
We went through lots of farm land, lots of agriculture. When I think of farms, I think of growing stuff; well there were several cow farms, lots and lots of cows as far as the eye could see. I also saw a couple of sheep farms.
We had our first significant detour today. Bridge out. No possibility of walking around or through the site. Following the posted detour, we had our first stretch of corduroy dirt road. Ridged and really bumpy. Toss in some loose gravel and more packed dirt, it was a challenge.
Here are a couple of clips from the rides. The first is a cow farm:
Here is a clip of the Snake Canyon from the route:
This clip is from the bridge over the canyon coming into Twin Falls. The winds were so strong they ride leaders requested that we walk the bikes over the bridge.
Several of the towns we stopped in for overnights in Oregon were very, very small. So far, two of the towns of the three we stopped in Idaho seemed pretty big to me.
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