Wow! What a day for a century ride. Not a cloud in the deep blue sky. Slight tailwind and fairly flat. Temperature started out in the 60's and hit 99 by 1:30 pm. However, if you rode at a good pace then much of the ride was only in the 70's and 80's; therefore, Michael on the single bike did just that and arrived at the motel before the support crew. Naturally, since the ride was 97 miles, I had to go the extra 3 to make it a hundreds.
All along the route, you could see for miles on either side of the road because it is so flat compared to OR. I thought by going on this ride we would not see too many corn fields like on RAGBRAI. Well, today not only corn fields but ones as far as you could see. Unlike IA, these fields were irrigated.
Speaking of crops, since we started this tour, Anne and Michael have seen fields of sugar beets, onions, mint, wheat, corn, potatoes and lavender.
Lots of beef, like today, along the route, a guestimate of 5,000 to 10,000 head of Holsteins were seen at many feedlots. That's a lot of beef! In one feedlot, they were lined up side by side, with their heads in feeding slots, for at least 900 yards. As we rode by, they seemed to raise their head one at a time. It felt great to be just a star!
Upon arrival at Twin Falls, stopped to take pictures of the beautiful Snake River Gorge from the suspension bridge spanning the gorge. While taking the pictures, you could feel the bridge going up and downGot to see a group of young adults base jump from the bridge. That is, they jump from the middle of the bride out and down about 100' and then deploy the hang glider chutes. It was scary to see them jump; however, they all landed within a 30' radius of where they were suppose to and not in the water.
You can see the Snake River Gorge and some jumpers by viewing the album at https://plus.google.com/photos/102207335230379372875/albums/5891329806057309137
The new compact crank worked great and it is easy to see why almost everyone on the ride has one. On a tour like, this it is a very good choice.
Tom Lambert, I fixed the rear tubeless tire and it held up the entire ride. This time I only inflated them to 100 psi. I must say, on the chip sealed road surface prevalent in ID, they really improve the ride and roll real well. I think the reason the sealant did not hold the time when I thought it should was because I inflated the tire too much at the support van and blew the sealant from the puncture.
Tomorrow, we take the tandem to Burley, ID. Just outside of Twin Falls, we will stop to see the Shoshone Falls.
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