thanks mountain man . its hard to rally support while I'm on the road , i got into Boise today just fine , my trip this far has been great , i didn't leave Gladstone till 10;30 am Thursday , i had to have my neighbor fix my sideview mirror , i broke it off getting the tadpole through my bedroom door , its as good as new now , i made it to bend via hwy 224 midpoint Detroit lake , i back tracked ten miles there to breitenbush hot springs for a quick dip and lunch , then back on the road through sisters and on into bend i made it by 8'30.pm just before dark . Friday morning i was on the road by 9;00 am the longest leg of my journey 250 miles to Vail , and a switch to mountain time turn clock ahead one hour i was in vale at 9'30pm a little night riding not much ... the hotel in Vail was only $40.00 on the way to Vail i had a deer run across the road 15feet in front of me . had to hit the breaks , the deer looked scared , lol.... a few miles further i had a duck fly out of the grass on the right of me , he flew just ahead and to the right of me for about 30 yards then crossed in front of me and flew off to the left , he didn't signal , lol.... the road went on and on , with awesome views , water, mountains, desert, ... absolutely no mechanical problems . i have crossed Oregon starting at the NW corner and down to the SE corner into Idaho , three states , Washington , Oregon , Idaho, from here i am very close to nevada and California , i dont know we will see what happens
my welcome to Idaho came when i stopped after crossing the snake river at the welcome to Idaho sign , i pushed the tadpole into the grass in front of the sign and took a picture , got on and continued my ride , about two miles down the road i noticed a pull to the left , looked down one flat tire on the left , got off and noticed the right one going flat too. no problem , i packed a spare 20 inch tube and a patch kit . the new tube was defective , so had to patch both , while doing that two pedal bikers stopped , they were heading into Portland , there eta was next Thursday , i told them that i had made it from Portland in two days , they were impressed , off they went . i fixed my Flatt's and took off , the rear tire had a slow leek also . if your riding in the desert , stay out of the grass , the weeds have very strong thorns , i will get puncture proof tubes before i continue on. i had to buy a disposable camera in Vail i think i left my camera at a stop 17 miles before vale , i might borrow my brothers car tomorrow to go try and find it , there are some priceless pictures in there , i will get the pics from this disposable camera developed soon and post them ,