Day 13 - The Heat Is On

Burley, ID to Pocatello, ID

Distance: 92 miles
Time: 6.5 hrs
Elevation Gain: 2,480 ft

This is probably starting to sound like a broken record, but IT WAS ANOTHER FANTASTIC DAY!!!  The weather was warmer than the previous days, it was about 55 degrees when we started and got up to the low 90's by early afternoon.  It was sunny and I don't think there was a cloud in the sky.  The wind was light, but it was a head wind that slowed us down a little. We road through a lot of flat stretches of land that seemed to go on and on and on, you can see the road for miles ahead of you.  Speaking of roads, we road mainly on rough and cracked County roads with very little traffic all day.  We road along the Snake Rive for awhile and through several small towns.   We road on I-84 for about 8 miles and frontage roads the paralleled I-84.  Tomorrow we have one more short day before the big climb over the Great Teton Pass and over the Continential Divided the next day and than we have a 120 mile day.  Tomorrow we ride 65 miles to Idaho Falls.

Link to my GPS Route

Rear Camera View - Leaving Burley

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Front Camera View - The Road goes on and on..

Rear Camera View - Riders in Background

Front Camera View - Pace Line

Rear Camera View - and on and on...

Front Camera View - and on...

Rear Camera View - one of our thee SAG wagons

Rear Camera View - The ABB Peloton

Rear Camera View - Here they come

Front Camera View - There they go

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Rear Camera View - Ridding on I-84E

Rear Camera View - and on and on...

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Front Camera View - One of our two SAG stops for the day

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Pedal On!!

Day 12 - Short but Sweet

Twin Falls, ID to Burley, ID

Distance: 44 miles
Time: 3.5 hrs
Elevation Gain: 1,588 ft

Yes it was another great day with great weather!!  We had sunny sky's with temperatures in the high 60's to start and in the mid 80's by early afternoon.  It was a short ride, only 38 miles and options for side trips to the falls.  At lot of the riders went back to the RIM to watch base jumpers jump.

I took a side trip down to Shoshone Falls, a steep descent to the bottom and a steep climb back out.  The view's of Shoshone Falls  were breathtaking, the water was ragging over the falls and the air was filled with mist.

Most of the day were were ridding on frontage roads that followed along side of I-84, the roads were in decent shape and we had a mild tail wind all day.  Were road through flat farm land and desert with views of snow covered mountains in the distance.  Tomorrow we have a long day in the saddle, 86 mile to our next destination; Pocatello, ID.

Link to my GPS Route

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Rear Camera View - Damian, Andries, and Jan

Getting ready to pass me.

Rear Camera View  - Damian 

Front Camera View - Gary, Damian, Andries, and Jan

Shoshone Falls

Andries, Ann, Gary, Leslie, and Jan 

Today is Gary's Birthday

Shoshone Falls

Shoshone Falls

Me and Shoshone Falls

Front Camera View - The climb back up

Front Camera View - The climb back up

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View of the Snake River

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The Ghost Rider

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Snow Covered Mountains

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Front Camera View - Gary and Mat

Front Camera View - Ridding into the town of Twin Falls

Pedal On!!

Day 11 - A Fast Century and A Snake

Mt. Home, ID to Twin Falls, ID

Distance: 98 miles
Time: 6.5 hrs
Elevation Gain: 3,130 ft

A beautiful day for a bike ride, yes it was another great day!!  We have been lucky with having such great weather. The weather was 60 degrees with party cloudy sky's at the start of the ride and warmed up to the mid to high 80's by early afternoon.  The wind was at our backs most of the day that helped push us along the 98 mile route.  This was my personal best time for a century ride and I still felt strong at the end of the ride.  We road through desert, frame land, cattle feed lots with thousands of cows, and along the Snake River.  The farm land was reclaimed desert, the land was irrigated with large mobile irrigation systems that used thousands of gallons of water. We road along the Snake River Gorge  and crossed the Snake River on the Perrine Memerial Bridge near where Evil Knievel attempted to jump the rive with his rocket powered motorcycle.  There were stunning sites of bluffs and canyons, and open land were you can see for miles.  We traveled on back roads most of the day that were a bit rough, but the lack of traffic made it worth riding on.  Tomorrow we have a late start due to the short mileage, a 38 mile ride to Burley, ID.  We will have opertunities to take side trips to Shoshone Falls and Twin Falls.  We also will have a scavenger hunt to keep us busy.

My Link to my GPS Route

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Rear Camera View - heading due east.

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Rear Camera View - Gary

Front Camera View - The Snake River

Me with the Snake River in the Background

Snake River Over Look

Snake Rive View form the Perrine Memerial Bridge

Snake River Overlook

Snake River Overlook

Perrine Memerial Bridge

Pedal On!!