from Boston to Seattle
43.5 miles/ +2031.1 ft/ Total miles 3127.0 The ride today started with the climb out of the Pend Oreille River valley. It was not a difficult climb and I enjoyed the cool weather in the early morning. Once I reached the top, I had a beautiful ride in the mountains and forests, with a stop …
51.3 miles/ +1160.6 ft/ Total miles 3083.5 My ride today continued to follow the Pend Oreille River, as it turned to the north, heading to Canada and the Columbia River. I rode on LeClerc Road, which is on the east side of the river. Hwy 20 is on the west bank of the river. I …
36.0 miles/ +1327.6 ft/ Total miles 3032.2 I'm in Washington state! Just barely across the border from Idaho, but it counts! I had an excellent rest day in Sandpoint, thanks to my Warmshowers hosts, who provided advice on what to do and see in town. With their help, I was able to get a spot …
30.2 miles/ +659.6 ft/ Total miles 2996.2 Most of the ride today was on Hwy 200, which has too much traffic and too little shoulder to be enjoyable. For a few miles the route was on the old highway parallel to the new one, and that part was nice. View of Lake Pend Oreille: I …
54.7 miles / +2376.4 ft / Total miles 2966.0 Another spectacular day! I enjoyed the early morning ride on Bull Lake Road -- quiet, almost deserted, (cold): I had to climb a few hills to get to Bull Lake. Below the lake, I followed the Bull River, which eventually flows into the Clark Fork River. …
42.1 miles/ +1277.0 ft/ Total miles 2911.3 Amazing - each day's ride seems more spectacular than the day before! I continued along the lake until I passed the Libby Dam: A little bit past the dam, I turned off the highway, crossed the Fisher River, and turned onto the Old Haul Road, which runs parallel …
44.7 miles/+2240.4 ft/ Total miles 2869.2 Left Eureka about 7 AM -- about 48 degrees and clear/ hazy from smoke. It was cool for at least the first hour. Amazing ride along Koocanusa Lake. The lake is 90 miles long- behind Libby Dam, which was completed in 1972 as a cooperative project of US Army …
58.8 miles/ +2060.9 ft/ Total miles 2824.5 The ride today headed north on US 93 toward Eureka, which is close to the Canadian border. The highway has almost no shoulder most of the way, so luckily the route had two significant sections on back roads - the best riding of the trip so far! Morning …
58 miles/ +1904.1 ft/ Total miles 2765.7 No cell service on Sunday night at Whitefish Lake State Park. Updated Monday afternoon. I left Essex in the fog for the ride down to West Glacier. Just as I got to West Glacier it cleared up and the rest of the day was perfect-- sunny, 70s to …
29.5 miles/ +770 ft/ Total miles 2707.7 Yesterday I rode the Hi-Line -- on the Empire Builder. I got to East Glacier about 8 pm, saving myself about 10-12 days riding the bike on Hwy 2, which runs parallel to the Great Northern RR tracks (now BNSF). This morning I resumed the bike ride, up …
Judy's Bike Ride 2017 