Accident

So not 10 miles into our ride today we had a pile up - and I got out of it standing. The line order went like this: Stephanie, Josh, Sam, Me, Nolan. For some reason, Stephanie put on her brakes and didn't tell any of us - and our tires are like 3-4 inches from eachother. Josh slammed his on, and the wheel crossing began. Sam and I were sandwhiched with both our wheels crossing the wheels of the people ahead and behind us. I felt nolans wheel on mine, and I reached back almost like a baton pass and grabed ahold of his bike. I got out of Sams back wheel and steered over and hit the brakes. Nolan went down in slow motion, but he's the only on who fell. It could have been so much worse.

Made it to first lunch pretty fast, and then on to Idaho.




Steph and Josh always make the letter abreviation under the state signs.

Just before second lunch, we met hippy John in the blue bomber. He was a man on the side of the road, living out of his van. It was wild.

At second lunch we took a little swiming break, and then rolled in to Sandpoint.

We went to this bar called the dive - they had a mechanical bull. You also threw peanut shells on the floor and there were dogs inside, reminding me of the green door. It was fun to ride it and I like to think I wasn't too bad - it's all about leg and stomach strength.

We also had a day off in sandpoint today, and a group of us went water tubing and skiing on the lake. We rented a boat and off we went - some of the guys knew how to drive it and it was an awesome day on the water. Nolan was real good at water skiing and I spent quite a bit of time on the back of the tube - I was steering it so that I wouldn't get thrown off. Everyone else has tons of pictures.

When I got back from that, it was mail drop and I was like why do I have a huge pile?? So unexpected - but totally awesome. Thanks to everyone for sending cards :). I can't believe it's less than 500 miles and 8 days to go before I'll have riden my bike the whole country. I've also come to realize just how many people read my blog. Not even people I know - random coworkers and my friends from school and family. Knowing people read it had made me keep up with it this summer and really feel alot of support from everyone because they care enough to read it. Thanks!

Stats from Yesterday:

Total Mileage: 98.04
Avg Speed: 16.31
Max Speed: 31.96


-- Diane

Location:Sandpoint, ID