Spokane, WA → Beyond Hope, ID → Thompson Falls MT → Missoula, MT

We are long overdue for an update.

After our last post, my Mom commented that we needed to include more of the hardships. It's true, behind all of the Instagram photos and Strava posts are plenty of daily trials and tribulations.

After sailing through Washington with perfect cool weather and solid tail winds, temperatures (and at some points tempers) began to rise on our ride from Spokane to Sandpoint, ID. We avoided the direct route to Missoula, MT because it involved several hours on the I-90 shoulder and a steep climb over a remote 5,000 ft pass. Instead, we rode around the steepest climbing and the Interstate by going through a valley north of the Couer d'Alene mountains (part of the Rockies). That Friday afternoon turned out to be a hair-raising ride along Hwy 95 which has no shoulder in parts and lots of semi-truck traffic.