Day 4 - The espresso team.
Odessa, Washington to Spokane, Washington
Day 4 began with some great egg bake and fruit at the cafeteria, and we were off for a beautiful morning of riding. That’s definitely my favorite part of the day, the morning. The rolling hills we had forecasted for us were certainly rolling, up and down, up and down. We rolled into a little town called Harrington where hit up the post office and the general store for coffee and good old cream soda. Riding on we had a great paceline going at 18-20 mph until we hit Davenport. After an espresso stop we were ready for the long gradual 9 mile climb as noted on our cue sheet. As it turned out, the gradual climb was easy peasy with a tail wind at probably an average 18 mph, not to mention that the shoulder was HUGE and smooooooth and totally clean. It was fantastic.
From that point we began to hit some city traffic outside of Spokane. The directions were a little confusing, and at one point we weren’t entirely sure we were on the right road when we began a couple of mile huge descent. All I could think of was that this sure as heck better be right because there was no way I would want to go back up it. We were looking for a road called Artiole, and when we couldn’t find it we gave up and had lunch at a sub place. Turns out that Artiole wasn’t a road, but a road that kind of detours. With the help of locals we found the Gonzaga Jesuit college we were staying at, with sweet dorm rooms. It feels good to be in a real building, and not having to set-up our tents. Fantastic pizza, a glass of wine, and breaking into our own locked room late, we fell asleep on mattresses.
Tomorrow: Rest Day. Stay Tuned. Pictures coming soon. My brother freaking rocks. He made my website look great.
Day 4 began with some great egg bake and fruit at the cafeteria, and we were off for a beautiful morning of riding. That’s definitely my favorite part of the day, the morning. The rolling hills we had forecasted for us were certainly rolling, up and down, up and down. We rolled into a little town called Harrington where hit up the post office and the general store for coffee and good old cream soda. Riding on we had a great paceline going at 18-20 mph until we hit Davenport. After an espresso stop we were ready for the long gradual 9 mile climb as noted on our cue sheet. As it turned out, the gradual climb was easy peasy with a tail wind at probably an average 18 mph, not to mention that the shoulder was HUGE and smooooooth and totally clean. It was fantastic.
From that point we began to hit some city traffic outside of Spokane. The directions were a little confusing, and at one point we weren’t entirely sure we were on the right road when we began a couple of mile huge descent. All I could think of was that this sure as heck better be right because there was no way I would want to go back up it. We were looking for a road called Artiole, and when we couldn’t find it we gave up and had lunch at a sub place. Turns out that Artiole wasn’t a road, but a road that kind of detours. With the help of locals we found the Gonzaga Jesuit college we were staying at, with sweet dorm rooms. It feels good to be in a real building, and not having to set-up our tents. Fantastic pizza, a glass of wine, and breaking into our own locked room late, we fell asleep on mattresses.
Tomorrow: Rest Day. Stay Tuned. Pictures coming soon. My brother freaking rocks. He made my website look great.
posted by elizabeth at 11:15 PM
3 Comments:
I'm still working on it, it'll get better :-)
I LOVE YOUR BLOG!!. yes i was shouting. You will be so happy you have this level of detail in the years to come when you are wistful for the ride (speaking from experience). I can't wait to read more of your adventures.
We are following your tour here in Saline, MI! Ride safe out there, pedals circles and drink/eat lots of the right stuff!!
Coach Darrell
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