Day 21. To Clarkston, WA

We were up and off a bit earlier this morning. We started out the day riding up to the Lolo Pass and on reaching the summit crossed once again into Idaho. Idaho is my new favorite State! Fantastic, scenic, well maintained and uncrowded roads. Numerous rest stops at strategic pull offs, all having clean rest rooms and I have not found one yet that wasn't well stocked with loo paper!

The significance of todays route (other than being an amazing ride) was that we were following the Lewis and Clark Trail. This was the route they took trying to find the fabled Northwest passage, which of course they never found. However, they did manage to cross the Bitterroot mountain range with the help of the local American Indians, the Nez Perce, who basically saved the entire expedition from starving to death on the high mountain passes.

 Visitor center at Lolo Pass. The Idaho visitor centers are informative and staffed with very helpful rangers.

The road followed the river the whole way.

Signs like this make us very happy!

 Lovely place serving fresh coffee

Idaho route 12 - Lewis & Clark scenic byway

We had our picnic at Canoe Camp, in the Nez Perce National Historical Park, near Orofino, ID. This was the spot where the Expedition Corps made dug out canoes which they then used to get to the Pacific Ocean.

Another amazing day. We are now bunked up at a Best Western Hotel in Clarkston, Washington State. Once again we have been upgraded to a suite! How lucky are we?

Today's mileage: 222.4   Moving Av: 49mph