Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Coeur d'Alene, Idaho

We have moved on to Coeur d'Alene, Idaho for a 3 night stay before moving on to Seattle to meet up with Jim an Heidi for a ride over the Northern Cascades.

Today we drove south of Coeur d'Alene to Plummer to ride the Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes rails-to-trails bike path.  This is a relatively flat trail that starts in forest west of Lake Coeur d'Alene, then crosses the lake and heads up the Coeur d'Alene river.  It is a smooth, paved trail the entire way.  Along the way we saw deer, eagles and even one well hidden moose.

Even though the trail follows the lake, river and eventually I-90, there are few places to get water along the first 50 miles.  Luckily, just past the 50 mile marker we found a Walmart where we restocked our water and Gaterade supply. 

The total ride for the day was 102 miles with only 2000' feet of climbing... most of that in the last 5 miles while it was over 90 degrees.

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