Although there was rain in the forecast, it didn't. Another nice day as Anne and Michael left Ontario and OR for new adventures in ID that began a mile from our motel. This was jersey day as all of the riders wore their America By Bicycle jerseys to Boise. The 64-mile ride took us over rolling hills and a short two mile detour around a road under repair. We ventured into the farmland where they have to use a lot of irrigation. We think we saw vast fields of either beets or asparagus. Anyway, they had very large green leaves. Some of the corn we doubted will make it to knee-high by the Fourth of July.
We stopped at Hyde Park just was we got into Boise. It seemed everybody did as there was a sea of ABB jerseys in this corner bar. Hyde Park is a lot like the District in Omaha but smaller. While waiting on dinner, Michael walked into a Triathlon store across the street. Of course, that resulted in a discussion of what we were doing. I told them about our Lake Geode Challenge Tri. They commented triathletes in the midwest are tough, especially in high humidity. Sorry George, but I don't think any of them will be coming to the LGC.
Tomorrow is our first rest day; so, we get to spent the day walking around downtown since that is where our motel is. I hope to find a valve stem for the tubeless tire that I lost somewhere and some more tire sealant. I want to try that rear tire again. I patched the tire from the inside and will put some super glue into the cut area. If it fails, I will have a tube as backup. I hope the replacement Garmin is overnighting for the 800 destroyed in the all day rain. Missed is the way it kept us on course.
We were going to sleep in, but someone found a Mass at 8:30 we can attend and thank God for the safe trip, new friendships and good weather (well, except for the rain all day Friday!) we have had. After that, we will mail stuff home we are not using and walk around Boise and prepare for the trip to Mountain Home, ID.
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