Author: msuding

I saw my first apple farm today but then I saw more desert looking landscape so we are probably on the cusp of dry eastern Washington and wetter/greener west Washington.

We met two other cyclists, Bill and Lee riding from … Read the rest

Christine, neighbor of Cheryl, came over to chat and say goodbye. Last night a local named Jon gave us a watermelon and we ate it with help from Christine’s knife. It’s hydration of some sort.

We rode the rail trail … Read the rest

We gladly left smoky Revere and rode to Ritzville for breakfast. We rode into town near a golf course and asked a man in a golf cart for a restaurant suggestion. He said “go to my golf course clubhouse!”. Lisa … Read the rest

Rachel gave us coffees, muffins and some info at her “Hole in the grounds” coffee shop in downtown Rosalia.

This rail trail called “Palouse to Cascade” has a very rough surface of big chunk gravel used for train tracks. Most … Read the rest

Andreas rode up to Spokane to meet his wife and Brent left us in Plummer to catch the train to Portland then Santa Barbara.

Steve and I rode into our last state (Washington). It hit 99 degrees!

On the Tekoa … Read the rest

Last night Alyssa, our waitress, suggested Brooks hotel for breakfast- we liked it. As we rode around downtown Wallace, I couldn’t help wonder what controversy happened when they built I-90 on an elevated roadway right through their town.

We continued … Read the rest

Finally we get to ride the Hiawatha trail. Andreas joined us.

It’s an interesting backstory too. The railroad company chose that name because of a Longfellow poem. He ran so swiftly that the arrow he shot into the air landed … Read the rest

Tallie at Durango cafe fed us a superior breakfast in the small town of Superior. We stopped in St Regis for lunch and got some cherries. We ran into Andreas again so he joined us.

We talked with local cyclist, … Read the rest

We chose Oxford cafe/bar for breakfast – a classic greasy spoon. The cook didn’t know how it got that name but he did say it existed since the 1880s – that’s impressive.

We mostly rode frontage roads along I-90 and … Read the rest

That’s what the locals call Missoula.

As suggested, we had “the heap” for breakfast at Catalyst. I love those iron skillet dishes. Steve packed up some stuff to send home and mount his new “anything bottle cages”. Brent and I … Read the rest

It was a easy, peaceful ride out of Rock Creek. When we saw the “Home cook’n “ sign, we had to stop. Surely it was better than the gas station we were headed to back at I-90.

Kat with a … Read the rest

Last night a local named Mary suggested we get breakfast at the hardware store in town. We had to try it. Charity made us some tasty burritos for sure. She bought the store from her mom 8 years ago and … Read the rest

Sorry for the missed day – we were out of cell phone service.

We had an easy day of 18 miles riding on Rock Creek Road so we had plenty of time to chill, dip in the creek, sing, and … Read the rest

Annie’s cafe was closed despite their google listing showing they were open. Plan B is Hummingbird cafe so I called them to make sure since they were uphill 1.5 miles in uptown Butte.

Near the college uptown we found a … Read the rest

Up ahead in the distance we saw a blinking light coming at us. It was a lone cyclist on his morning bike ride. He stopped to say hello. When I asked him where he rode from, he said his house … Read the rest