"Entry for Monday, 28 July 1997

View of the Cascades from my first flat tire.

Last Modified on 9/23/97 at 17:11:31

Day's Narrative: I've had several complaints about my taking the day off, so I thought I'd make some remarks and put up a picture I took last Thursday when I had a flat.

People say that in three days bicycling you get used to most anything. I've been going four days and it feels good to relax and let my body heal. We also needed to take a close look at the next several days of travel on the maps and get ready for any mountain passes, oil and clean up the bikes, get Connie's bike out of the truck and put the wheels on so she could start biking some. I also need to get a haircut -- one of those things that didn't get done in Los Alamos in the rush to get away.

I got a haircut from Jeanette at Unique Hair Designs across the street from the motel.

Spokane is a really nice town. You can tell you are close to Canada since the people, especially the motorists, are very polite.

You probably have noticed that the web page structure has changed. Paul Everitt in Johannesburg correctly noted that the way the web page was expanding, it would be only a few more days before it would be too big for anyone to load. So this morning I took Paul's suggestion and redid it. There may be a few glitches as I iron out the errors, so bear with me.

The new fancy bike I got for my birthday a couple of weeks ago, the Bianchi Veloce, (Connie calls it the "Beamer Bike" because it's sort of a BMW of bicycles) is really doing well. I've been 400 miles on it now and there've been no problems -- the wheels are still true and no loose parts.

Tomorrow I start out early for Sandpoint, Idaho. It looks like it's hilly on the maps, but no mountain passes.

[Connie] The hostess where we ate lunch made a special point to find out about passes after Ray inquired about the roads after Sandpoint, ID and into Troy, MT. After yesterday's concern about him riding in downtown Spokane and riding "too far," people are accepting the idea of the trip and everyone is most helpful.

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