Day 52 Leadore to Gibbonsville Idaho 80 miles

I slept for 10 hrs, usually i sleep 7 or less, but the grass was nice and soft and maybe breathing the smoke from the fires and drinking 5 beer night before  had something to do with it.
By the time i left the camp it was 10 am, I just wanted to get to Salmon today about 30 miles away and take it from there.

                                It was a really nice sunny day, high 70's

When I arrived at Salmon the smoke was very thick, plus you could smell it, spent couple hrs in town and after i got bored i left.

All of a sadden the smoke disappeared

                               camp at Gibbonsville

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Day 51 Aug 16 Teton to Leadore Idaho 121 miles

I slept pretty good by the school, it was just a little too bright, one time i woke up and i thought that it's the police with a flashlight in my eyes.

Whenever I'm not sleeping in the tent packing is much quicker, i was on the road before 7am.

It was nice and cool, almost no cars on the road, about a half hr into a ride a guy stock his hand out of his car and flipped me a bird, I thought to myself he  probably is  having a bad day, or maybe he knows me.

Once i started going northwest on 28 this is what i started to see, not much!

Sometimes when the wind stopped, it was a complete silence.

Then it got little more interesting, trees!

By early afternoon i rode by this place, bar/dinner/ grocery store, there is nothing 40 miles in either direction. So i decided to stop for a cold one.

This Lady has been running this place for 27 years, she didn't even acknowledge me when i walked in, she was just watching some show on TV, i guess she knew the dog is watching me with one good eye.

back on the very exiting stretch of Idaho highway

                there was a lot of smoke from the fires in the north part of the state

Finally i got to the town of Leadore, the last 5 miles felt like it was never going to end, the wind was blowing  hard all afternoon.

 Stopped at town only store to by something for diner, and asked about a place to stay for the night.

you see the mountains

10 min. later the smoke moved in and you don't

the park i stayed at

When i got to the park the Host pointed to a campsites and asked to come over for beer and diner after i get settle in.

                                           Idaho finest

                 My new Friends in Idaho



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Montana

Day 50 Aug 15 Jackson to Teton Idaho 79 miles

It was a windy night, food that we hanged on the tree has fallen but nothing ate it.

We went to town and hung in a cafe for most of the morning, before noon I headed toward Idaho, Taylor and Jesse stayed in Jackson another night, who knows maybe they still there:)

We met this guy by the cafe, check out this bike.

I will ad a video of him riding it when connection is  better :(

                        By the cafe

Heading toward the Teton Pass :)

I took the old road which has a few more switch backs, but still at some points i thought the climb was more than 10%

Made it  to the top, 1:10 uff

After down hill from Teton I arrived in Idaho

Town of Driggs

I went to Ase Hardware store to look for a bear bell, looks like  they have more than just  nuts and bolts

                                            bear bell, I should have just gotten a riffle

                            Yes it is a potato field

                                     when i got to town of Teton i scoped out my place for the night

went to the bar

came to an empty house

                                                and went to sleep :)



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