Today and the next couple days are forecast to be wicked hot, so I’m going to back off on the mileage. Today I did about 25 miles, much of it uphill, except the last mile was a steep descent. My total is now up to 252 miles. It really was a short but difficult day on the bike. I think I needed the short day after the last couple of long ones

I am going to have to climb back up the steep descent in the morning. At least I’ll be fresh. I’m at Maryhill State Park, right along the Columbia River.

The host at this campground gave me some firewood and says she will come back with a starter. She said she wishes she could be on an adventure like mine, but she now has MS and the best she can do is work as a campground host. I don’t know why, but I always have to hold back my emotions when strangers start talking llike that to me.

The route I am following at least until I get to Missoula Montana is the Louis and Clark Trail. It can be found on this website:

https://www.adventurecycling.org/routes-and-maps/adventure-cycling-route-network/interactive-network-map/