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Training Day

Kathy and I loaded up the bikes, hers with just weights and mine with gear. The Elephant NFE is touchy about weight distribution so I need to get gear placement in the panniers dialed in since I’ll be carrying more weight on this tour than I would for a bike packing trip.

A half hour into it, Kathy got a flat. Of course, it always the rear tire. I helped with the bike and coached her through inspecting the inside of the tire and swapping out the tube. 15-20 minutes later we were back on the road.

During a rest stop we used a snow bank as a bike rack. It beats laying them on the ground.

Kathy renewing her flat-fixing license.
Snow bank bike rack.
Going up Houston Road.
Obligatory photo of bike overlooking Spokane.
Puddle time!
This horse could care less about me.
The muddy Latah Creek.
Trail alongside Latah Creek.
Patriotic stump of a fallen tree.
Climbing some cobble stones on the South Hill.

Dropping My Winter Weight

I don’t feel I need to train that much for the trip, but I could stand to lose 10 or so pounds to make the riding a little bit easier. I went out this morning and caught some gravel because it’s more fun than pavement.