Deby's 1st day

August 15th - Arden, Washington
Mileage - 108.51 km
Ride time: 4:56 hour/min

Camped beside the Coville River on Ardene Hill Road. I hope it is State land, but not sure. We were mislead in Colville by a resident who was trying to be helpful, that there was a campground 3/4 mile south of town. No such luck. Upon peddling to Arden a nice lady told us where we could get away with setting up a tent.

Two flat tires on Deby's bike. One at Orient and the second at Colville. Beer bottle glass on both occasions. Additionally I had to use a tire boot for old damage that turned into a gash. Walmart in Colville did not have a tube, or tire for Deby's bike, so I patched the tube and we continued to run with the boot. All said, repairs took a lot of time out of our day. We ended up camping at near dark.

Deby was trying to help with camp, but she was walking around like a diabetic in shock. She couldn't figure out the tent and ended up wrapping a bungee tightly into the rear cog of my bike trying to be helpful. I sat her down and took over. She recovered.

The temperature was beautiful throughout, probably 70 to 80 degrees (you'll have to convert to Celsius). Beautiful scenery mostly through pines following the Kettle River to the north end of Roosevelt Lake. The country opened up into a mountainous valley with farmland to the south of Colville.

Light traffic with consistent rolling hills and moderate grades.