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USA – WA, OR, ID, MT

State #1 – Washington

Trump supporters. Keen on helping the disabled but not keen on cyclists.

Patriotic truck

Topical location

Riding alongside the Puget Sound

Beautiful but too boggy for camping

Chuck at the Hardware Distillery, Hoodsport,WA

Elma car show

Elma Car Show exhibit

Otters in the Willapa National Wildlife Refuge

Push the button and the lights flash so cars know there’s a bike in the tunnel.

Crossing the Bridge into Oregon

Megler Bridge, Astoria, OR

Rose Ranch, WA

Willapa National Wildlife Refuge

Our first view of the Pacific from this side.

The end of the Lewis and Clarke Trail. We’ll be following these guy’s footsteps in reverse for much of our route.

The beach at Seaside

State #2 – Oregon

Haystack rack. One Eyed Willy’s ship wasn’t sailing on this day.

Long vehicle. And a logging truck.

Windswept houses in Seaside

These two were enjoying riding the entire Pacific coast down to Mexico but I think she wasn’t pedalling on the back.

Tillamook cheese factory.

Enormous flag in Forest Grove

Camping with the ‘ladies’

Hal and Jan our hosts in Hillsboro

The Cheezus. A burger with toasted cheese sandwiches instead of buns. We’ll burn off the calories in no time.

Bike friendly Portland

Joe Bike in Portland to the rescue

Portland also has plenty of

Old Town Brewery Portland

Riding south of Portland

Industrial scale farming

The champion’s technique was to ride the sheep backwards

Mutton Bustin’

Buckin’ horse

The Rough Stock Rodeo

Fresh and tasty peaches

Covered Bridge

Goodpasture covered bridge over the McKenzie River

Riding up through the lava fields on McKenzie Pass

Descending into Sisters

Mount Washington

Feeding the chipmunks

Steve, who finished the TransAm recently and kindly stopped to buy us a coffee

Cooling off in lake

4/10

On our way into Mitchell

The Spoke-Inn Hostel, Mitchell

Mitchell locals who told us the road would ‘go up for a long stretch and then get kinda croooked.’

Grabbing rest in the shade where we can

Cattle ranch

41.7 DegC

Dayville Post Office

The long climb out of Mitchell

Bedding down in Dayville Presbyterian Church

Dayville olde stores

Big drinks for a big thirst

Chuck: soldier, real estate tycoon, gold miner, local legend

Ranch outside Dayville

Wildfire at Sunset

Covered wagon with views to the Strawberry Mountains

Original wagon tracks of the Oregon Trail

Modern day Oregon Trail carrying RVs into the ‘new territories’

Road down into the dessert after Baker City

Grocery store ornaments in Richland

Climb before Halfway

Halfway by name but not by nature

Another casualty of the heat

Approaching Hell’s Canyon, OR

Vultures waiting to pick off their next meal

Justin, A TransAm veteran

Cooling off in the Snake River

Suicidal locust

Only 700 years younger than Cambridge University in the UK

Camping under the Cambridge water tower

State #3 – Idaho, The Potato State

Cambridge water tower by night

Proud trophy hunter

Ace Saloon, Council, ID

Ace Saloon, Council,ID

Crossing the 45th Parallel

The road south of New Meadows

No trespassing

Following the Little Salmon River towards White Bird

Hot dogs

Climbing White Bird Hill

Shadow riding

Evening sky on the approach to Grangeville

Resting in the Grangeville park with the locals

The Blue Fox cinema, Grangeville

Fields of gold

Approaching the Clearwater valley

Stites Grocery store has all the essentials

But how far to the next cake shop?

Fields of gold (2)

Clearwater river

Weir Creek hot spring

Clearwater River

A vintage touring tandem at the ACA HQ

A new sticker for the bike

You don’t have to be mad to be an adventure cyclist but….putting a sticker on your head definatley helps

Montana residents

The Little Smokies. Finger pickin’ good

State #4 – Montana, Big Sky Country

Pontiac TransAm

A Pontiac TransAm AKA Kitt from Knightrider

Red sky at night, wildfire in sight

Relatives of the Nez Pearce?

Our first visit to the Continental Divide

Pioneer Park, Wisdom, MO

Climbing up to the Chief Joseph Pass

Enormous livestock trucks in Wisdom

Across the open plain to Wisdom

Evening view from Wisdom

Haystack making device and the cows it will feed

Hotel in Jackson

Jackson Main Street

Hunter’s bar in Jackson

Camping on Mark and Tammy’s lawn

Mark, our host in Dillon, MO

Dillon Historic Downtown

Beaverhead Rock

There’s a lion in the library!

Bill Bike Camp, Twin Bridges

Bill White Bike Camp, Twin Bridges, MO

Nevada City and Virginia City, MO

Willies’ Distillery delivery truck

Prong horned antelope

Twin Bridges

Nevada City Saloon

Nevada City. This town’s becoming like a ghost town.

Cash Convertors, Nevada City

Looking down into Madison Valley

Big Sky Country

Approaching Earthquake Lake

Petrified trees in Earthquake Lake

Nearing yellowstone where the beasts will be big

Hebgen Lake

Fields near Cameron, MO

Camping next to Hebgen Lake

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