A day off in Montpellier, Idaho

August 29/09 - KOA, Montpellier, Idaho
Mileage: 13.92 km
Total mileage: 1394 km

Spent the day around town doing errands. Updated our blog at the town library and then completed updates at the Super 8 Hotel after the library closed.

Met a good guy at the Super 8 who had just cycled into town. Tom Dempster started out this morning at 5:00 a.m. from Salt Lake City, Utah. When we first talked he was pulling up on his bike at about 4:00 p.m. That's a 167 mile ride, approximately 267.2 km, and nothing around here even resembles the prairies. Tom was going to stay at the hotel tonight and turn around and ride back tomorrow. Getting off his bike he looked as though he had used as much energy as it takes to run across a street beating a walk light. I appreciate that kind of tenacity. It is admirable to see that in a person. We had a long conversation and exchanged address information hoping to talk again one day.

Bought some liquid Slime today and put it in my rear tire for an experiment. Hope I don't end up down the road covered in green goop. If I do I guess it didn't work. Bought the Slime after waking up this morning with a flat tire. Can't even sleep without getting a flat.

Talked with another fella today. He was very impressed with our bicycle trip and was very encouraging. He said that our greatest commodity in life is the time we have on earth, and that we were using it well. Almost brought a tear to my eye, but then I toughened up and told him he was full of it. Well...not really. I really respected him for getting the drift of what we were doing.