Sunday, July 14, 2013

Day 13 - Wallace, ID to ? Via Taft, MT

After a couple beers at the brewery jointly owned by the RV park where we were staying, we took in an hour of the Wallace Bluegrass Festival before turning in early as usual.  In the morning we completed the last few miles of the beautiful Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes then began another 2,000 foot climb to Lookout Pass summit between Idaho and Montana.  Since we wanted to ride the Hiawatha Trail we went ten miles down the east side into Montana before turning back west and joining up with the Hiawatha Trail.  This is also an old railroad bed from Milwaukee Railroads' Hiawatha, the same line responsible for the John Wayne Pioneer Trail on which we began our trip.  The route had several tunnels and bridges.  However, unlike the JWPT, there were lots of people and busses which shuttles them up from various areas.  As we left the trail we rode a rough road toward Avery, ID.  However, we ran out of daylight and were forced to find a wide spot on the side of the road to spend the night.  The first time I've used a latrine since Boy Scouts.

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