I wondered if they offered a late breakfast to encourage people to take the sack breakfast. There was a tandem parked in the garage that I never saw the owners. I suspect they went for the to go version. I did much better today, leaving early. Ironic that early is now 7 AM, when previously 7 would be normal time and daylight would be early. I plan to be out earlier on our big climbing days.

I sometimes skip the hotel breakfast even when they serve at 6:30, cause I'm usually on the road much earlier. So I always have instant oatmeal packets with me to give me something to power me down the road to "second breakfast." A 9:00 am breakfast time is just plain silly, I suspect a lot of folks leave before breakfast.

It's a warm one here today. I wonder if he went to the lake.

Orofino, ID! My college best buddy (and best man at my wedding) lives up on the hill toward the lake!

I just saw a flag in a cafe window in Orofino which said Patriots vs Stealers - hanging next to a let’s go Brandon flag.

That was not what I had in mind when I wrote the caption.

I passed the compliment on. Thank you.

Tack this one on a wall.

Depends on how you define “patriotic”

It was a good omelet, definitely not related to those plastic eggs at the chain motels!

The camper was really cute, and would be nice for one person in the bed. Or, maybe two people without nighttime bathroom issues . . .

I think it's odd they even sold Jacinto one crank arm. Don't they come in pairs?

You're riding that Highway 3 route we discussed a while back. Thanks for describing what I missed when, due to forest fires, I took an alternate route from Lewiston up to Moscow.

It is important to tell the truth, but despite its shortcomings, that trailer still looks charming to me. I'm not a breakfast guy, but I'd eat that breakfast.

Tell Jacinto that mis-matched crank arms, in my opinion, are pretty cool. And, as he said, the main thing is that he was back on the road.

Nine o'clock is crazy. No matter who the clientele is, I've never seen a U.S. motel or hotel that began serving breakfast later than 6:00 a.m. I always check out the runny scrambled eggs/weird cheese omelets/ridiculously thin bacon/mushy sausage patties, etc., but they just don't look appetizing. I usually settle for coffee and apple juice.

With the cute trailer and its kitchen, axe throwing, and such a massive feast, I must say your accommodations on this night are exceptional.

Hearing that a strong rider like Jacinto had to walk little bit of a steep downhill makes me feel better about my own experience having to walk a super steep descent yesterday. But I walked more than a "tiny" part of mine.

sheroes! Love it! Sylvia is a doll, of course. That's a common opinion.