Sprinklers!

Tuesday. June 21
Summer Solstice
15 miles. Maybe

Not yet to Emmett ID

Bad bed in hostel - springs poking through.

Parking meters needing to be fed and 1 hour limits - dang rental car, remember.

Delicious breakfast at Goldys: Veggie Benedict and Stuffed French Toast

Little Mexican band on street corner.

Worst traffic of my whole ride.

Blazing sun scorching my skin.

First flat. Ran over something trying to get to shade

Birding along the way:
Western Kingbird
Morning Dove
Bullocks Oriele and nest
House Finch
Ferruginous Hawk


Fabulous dinner of stir fried veggies, angel hair pasta, and cheese. Organic dark choc for dessert. Heaven.

Camping in the manicured entryway to a housing subdivision because it was the only shade

Awaking to sprinklers!!!

Memorable first day of bike touring for Fuat, but he sure seems to be enjoying it.




Pedal on, Pedal on

Saddle BagLady

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Llama keeper. Part 2

Sat and Sun June 18 & 19
Still in Idaho City

My host, Paul, suggested I move the llamas to new patches of grass. Simple task. They're in screw in stakes. How hard can this be? I'm an animal handler for christsakes. So I move the first one. Ergh. Tough ground. Can't seem to get the stake in all the way. That will have to do. Go get #2. Trying to screw him in and look up. Where's #1? No where in site. Shit! Meadows with woods behind and neighbors up the hill. I'll find him later. And on I go. When I finish, three are loose and two are tethered. Can't find the 3 loose ones. Hope they come home. Go in the house. While on the phone, I look out and #4 is loose now and leaving. WTF! I'm in this stranger's house and managed to lose 4 of his 5 llamas in less than 24 hours. Maybe I should leave a note and move on. "Gotta run. Thanks for the night. Llamas all tethered in front!". After Paul got home, we joked aplenty about my losing his llamas. But I did manage to recover them all before he arrived. Guess I could have kept my mouth shut, but the story was such fun to tell him. Those llamas have roamed all over these parts it turned out.

Decided to stay a 3rd night and will bike into Boise tomorrow. Need to be at Enterprise by 5 pm to pick up rental car. Paul and friend Diana are taking me to Ketchum Hot Springs this afternoon. Too good an option to pass up.

The rest feels good before the next leg if my journey.

Off to tour downtown Idaho City. Saw some of it yesterday, but it was raining so not so much fun.

I'll get some pictures today. Rustic western buildings of yesterday. Love seeing them.


Pedal on, Pedal on

Saddle BagLady

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