Again, we had a beautiful ride. I know that you are getting tired of me saying so, but that is what it was. Much of the ride was again along the Kootenay Lake. There was plenty of climbing. It was just up and down all along the lake. We spent the day riding with Tim and Nancy and really took our time. Maybe a little too much. There was a house a along the way that id built of glass bottles. The story is the guy had a bunch of flamaldehyde (I don't know if I spelled that right) bottles and built the house out of them. We stopped many times along the way and had snacks and then stopped for lunch in Creston, BC. It was a nice little pub and grill and we spent the time just talking and reminiscing the trip. Before we knew it, it was 2:30 and we still had to get across the border and ride about 38 more miles. It started to make me a little nervous that we would get to our destination before dark. We took off and as we got to the border, there were plenty of cars stopped ahead of us. It took 20 to 30 minutes to get across and actually felt good to be back in the good ole USA.
It was amazing how fast the terrain changed. Bonners Ferry and Sandpoint are beautiful places, but they are not as amazing as Canada was. As soon as we got back in the USA, we were back in smoke and that might have had something to do with my above stated opinion. Anyway, we had to clip along on the bike. We only stopped about every 15 miles and the stops were short. We made it to camp at about 6:00 and we had traveled 72 miles for the day. We were beat. There was some of our party that got in an hour later. We were beginning to wonder if they were having problems.
We all went out for Mexican Food. It was again fun to be there and just chat with everyone. We should sleep well considering how tired and worn out we are. It is really hard to believe that the trip will be done tomorrow. In some ways I am anxious to go home, but in others I wish there was more.
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