We have always said the best part of traveling by bicycle is the people we meet. It seems that God puts specific people in our path as we travel through. I tried to explain this to someone one time and they said give me an example. So here it is! As we were riding out of the Royal Gorge campground we stopped to talk with the owner. She said something about the roads being dangerous. I made the comment about being hit by a car. She said really what happened? And other questions. Then she said her brother was hot on July 2 by a car. He was in a rehab facility now trying to recover. He is a special needs person who used his bike for transportation and had gone to the store for chicken and milk. Just like me the guy claimed it wasn't his fault etc etc.... She said how long did it take you to recover. We talked about that for quite a while. Then she thanked me for sharing and said she would tell her brother who is having trouble understanding what happened. As we left she commented strange how God put you guys here today to help my brother! Wow. Thank you Lord!
It was cooler as we rode into Challis along the Salmon River. Not much traffic on the roads but there is always that one car that could've moved over just a touch more. We had a few sprinkles but nothing serious. The challenge for the day was the wind! Sure took the wind out of our sails. Tough day but we made it to the campground. Nice and clean. We didn't even get set up before Hap strolled over to the neighbors, sat down and started talking. I couldn't find him but when I turned and saw him sitting there I just laughed. That's Hap!
We took a quick sponge bath in the river before starting to cook. Just as we were lighting the stove it started to blow really hard. The campground host said here it comes! It shouldn't last long. We battened down the hatches, jumped in the tent to wait it out. Sure enough it blew really hard for about 10 minutes then it stopped. We cooked dinner and went to bed. Seemed like a long tough day. We were both tired of wind.
