Wednesday, 10 August. Last day in Deep Park/ Spokane.

We woke up to sunshine this morning.  
Tomorrow we move on to Montana.  I am ready to blow this popsicle stand!
We decided we were going to ride our bikes on The Trail of the Couer d'alines .
We weren't especially moving very fast considering we had an hour and a half drive just to get there.
We finally started to think about going at about 11.
While we were gathering our stuff we noticed 3 young peeps washing the rig across from us.  I have seen them in the park all week, so I asked them about their service.  As it turned out they were able to take us on this afternoon.  We really need a wash and wax, so we hired them to do it while we would be gone.  That also made us put away all the stuff we had outside which is one step closer to being ready to move tomorrow.  
We finally hit the road about 12:30.    

Rob wanted to ride his road bike and of course I rode my e-bike.  He wanted to do 40 miles, 20 out and then 20 back.  He also wanted to go 20 MPH.  That is still a challenge for me.

The first thing we had to do was go up and over this bridge.  You can sort of tell if you look closely at the picture that there was a climb to the peak.  It was a rolling climb, but a climb none the less.  It was easy for me (in my high assist), but Rob had to work at it.

It was a real pretty ride along the Couer d'Alenes River.  There were lily pads all along the edge.  We didn't see a lot of wild life.  We had been warned that after Harrison, which was 8 miles from our start, we would more than likely see Moose. That was because it is an overcast day and they like it.  Rob also told me we were in bear country and need to pull out our bear bells.

We turned a little bit inland where it looked sort of like farm land. There were often homes up on the edges.

We rode about 21 miles and then turned around.  I had noticed that I was really using up my power (battery) so I dropped it down a notch.  Rob was trying to maintain a certain heart rate so we had also dropped our speed down to 18 mph as well.

We stopped in the little town of Harrison on the way back.  We wanted to eat a little bit, as well as let Bella out of the basket to run around a little bit.  She was grateful.  She was rolling around in the grass and kept rolling down the slope. This carving was in the park.  It's kind cool looking.

The park was down from street level and then the water was down slope further.  All along the street above us were these great big flower pots.  It was pretty, and it is a cute little town.

The sky was really starting to get dark, like a storm was coming in so we needed to get going.  

As we were getting closer and closer to the bridge my battery was flashing.  We still had about 3 miles to go and I was getting tired.  I was praying that my battery would last long enough to get me to the top of the bridge.  The only bad thing about my bike is that it weighs 65 pounds.  Rob's weighs about 6.  So, if I couldn't make it to the top I would have to push the bike and that is worse than riding up hill

As it turned out, I did have enough battery and I made it up, over and beyond.  My battery was still flashing and I wasn't sure if it would be a bad thing or not to drain it completely or not so I shut it off.
All total we rode 42 miles.  Not bad.
We loaded up and then drove to the town of Couer d'Alenes.  It is a pretty little town.  They have some beautiful old-style homes there.  They had a big street fair going on as well as a concert in the park, but we didn't stop.
We drove back to the RV park and it rained on us.  It had rained in the RV park as well, so our newly cleaned and waxed RV was beautiful except for the spotty windows.  I tried to dry them while Rob put the bikes back up on the Rig for departure.
We fixed a little dinner, watched a little bit of the Olympics and went to bed.  We were tired.
It's great to have Rob back and be active again.