Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana
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
