Saturday 4/28 Day 8
On the move again today, something like 64 miles and a couple of stops for sight seeing. I had a quick breakfast with John and Ellie and I started my pack up. John gave me a couple of maps for route finding and instructions on how to get out of the city. The maps were part of a Lewis and Clark map set for biking tours, could be. Fun follow up ride, well to ride the other half since I have already done parts of it. When I think of the trail I think of my buddy Benni who someday is going to come back to the USA and explore it. We had talked about going on the trail someday, I had never thought I would end up on it with a bike. Though it is a very convenient way to explore it and read all the signs. In the morning I ended up going to a Sacajawea park which had a museum about the whole exploration. But that's getting ahead of myself.
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| Train Bridge out of Tri-Cities |
At about nine thirty I said goodbye to my hosts where I got my picture taken to go with the other bikers that have stopped through. One other biker was called the biking Viking. So my picture will be next to that haha. Very hospitable and wring people which made it difficult to leave.
On the way out of town I stopped and picked food supplies, needed to replenish a few. Also they had this pretty amazing bike path that followed the river which I was able to take super beautiful. I had to cross a bridge but thankfully this time I did not have to ride next to traffic, there was a separate path. And as I said before I stopped at a museum that talked about the Lewis and clack expedition along with the native tribes from the area. It was very well done. I finally left the museum around one and started on my journey. Today's landscape was farmland. It was time the commercial feed lots of Greeley it seemed more normal haha whatever that means. There were peaches, grapes, and of course the majority was wheat. These wheat fields were so cool just rolling hills of green. For the most part there was a shoulder on the road so I did not have to fight with traffic.
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| Different color wheat |
Fourth five miles and four hours later, after the museum, I wound up in the little town of Waitsberg. And I was so thankful there was a home town brewery there!!! I ordered an imperial blond which was super strong and a beer for the road. It's moments like these I wish I had someone on the trip with me to enjoy a beer after a long days ride. With that being so I made the best of it and found some guy to chat with at the bar. He was funny and really into the roadside geology. We talked a bit about Yellowstone and how it could blow up and take out half the USA, haha he must have listened to the same podcast that my buddy mike listened too.
After beer I had a four mile ride to camp where in talking to the rangers they let me stay for free, woohoo. Spent the rest of the evening eating and reading. I'm finally hooked back into this book maybe I will finish it on the trip. Road about 64 miles today.
On the move again today, something like 64 miles and a couple of stops for sight seeing. I had a quick breakfast with John and Ellie and I started my pack up. John gave me a couple of maps for route finding and instructions on how to get out of the city. The maps were part of a Lewis and Clark map set for biking tours, could be. Fun follow up ride, well to ride the other half since I have already done parts of it. When I think of the trail I think of my buddy Benni who someday is going to come back to the USA and explore it. We had talked about going on the trail someday, I had never thought I would end up on it with a bike. Though it is a very convenient way to explore it and read all the signs. In the morning I ended up going to a Sacajawea park which had a museum about the whole exploration. But that's getting ahead of myself. 
On the way out of town I stopped and picked food supplies, needed to replenish a few. Also they had this pretty amazing bike path that followed the river which I was able to take super beautiful. I had to cross a bridge but thankfully this time I did not have to ride next to traffic, there was a separate path. And as I said before I stopped at a museum that talked about the Lewis and clack expedition along with the native tribes from the area. It was very well done. I finally left the museum around one and started on my journey. Today's landscape was farmland. It was time the commercial feed lots of Greeley it seemed more normal haha whatever that means. There were peaches, grapes, and of course the majority was wheat. These wheat fields were so cool just rolling hills of green. For the most part there was a shoulder on the road so I did not have to fight with traffic. 
Darn, if I had remembered the Waitsburg micro-brewery, I would have joined you for the ride and the suds.
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