I guess I need to catch everyone up. I got a flat tire about 5 miles from Parma, ID and so walked the bike into town where I stayed the night. It was good to sleep.
I went through Boise, ID yesterday. I ran by Northwest Nazarene College. Then headed out into the desert. Very hot! 101 Degrees with a head wind. I saw this dinosaur along the highway (picture above). Very cool. I rode too late last night and stopped about 11:30pm. The nice thing is that it gets dark later here. Very late. It really was only dark for the last 15 mins of the ride. I was riding back country roads. I didn’t pass a car for at least an hr. It was the nicest part of the ride all day.
I slept in a park in Grand View, ID last night. The sheriff told me to camp there. I was like you mean on that really nice soft grass?? It was nice. The softest place I have camped yet. But there was a problem. There were sprinklers. I saw them when I set up the tent, and they came on about 4 am. Nice. I was dry in the tent but it woke me up.
Today I plan to get to Mountain Home. It is about 23 miles from here, but after that it is a long ways to anywhere. So, I will probably sleep there. Rest up for the long trip across the high desert of Idaho.