Sleeping in tents on the ground, it was a restless sleep, so we were all up by shortly after 5 am, and on the road by 6:45. Most of the day was just following the river downhill to Kooskia.
After 25 miles we did finally find some breakfast at a cafe in Lowell, the first civilization we came to.

Lowell – much lower elevation than Lolo Pass. Uh oh, missing someone!

Another 25 brought us to Kooskia, where we raided the grocery store. I got a large bottle of cold water to put in my bike bottles, but somehow half of it never made it that far. The three of us also made short work of a box of chocolate mint ice cream sandwiches. We later learned that the temperature hit 101 today!

Kooskia, the town of ice cream

On the road to Kamiah. Do those people know there is a dinosaur on their roof?

No, that is not a moose. But is it a mutant jackalope?

We rested a bit, then jumped on the final 8 miles to Kamiah where Scott had learned there was a good brewpub. What luck to discover that the brewpub was right next to our motel! I had a huckleberry cider and a cucumber sour. The only problem was they went down VERY fast.

Our basic motel. It’ll do.

Over dinner at the Kamiah Hotel Steakhouse and Bar, we went over the maps planning our next few days. It looks like we will take a couple of shorter days both because of the temperatures and a paucity of places to stay along the route.