Weiser River Trail ~ First Half ~ August 5th-8th (DAY 1)

A bike trip down the Weiser River Trail had been planned all summer and the first half of the ride is now complete, behind us but with many, many memories!  We are now busy planning the second half of the trail which should take place over Labor Day weekend due to Shelby playing in a Volleyball Tournament in Weiser on September 4th!

Luckily, Dave kept a journal during the trip since Ann and myself were support staff :)

We were supposed to leave on the 5th of August at 4pm but this is how the journal starts written by Cody ~ 3:58pm, Everyone is ready except Dave.....Mom is angry..."We are going to be driving in the hottest part of the day." she says.  4:02pm, Mom is still complaining and Dave is still packing..

We arrive in New Meadows to a wonderful Bed & Breakfast/Motel with a great couple running a Beer/Wine Bar and Ann and Steve at the bar...We find a place to eat, a local bar that when we ask for menus the answer was, "It is Chicken or Steak night."  Great, we don't have to sit forever with menus in front of us.  We eat a great meal, have a few pitchers of beer and head back to the Motel for the night.  The Bike ride will begin in the morning.

After grabbing something to eat at the local New Meadows gas station and a fishing license for Shelby, we are off to the starting spot, Price Valley Ranch...after getting there backpacks packed with food, water, etc..  They are off @ 10:00am (Steve, Dave, Joe, Cody, Sam and Shelby).  Ann and I jump into our vehicles to our first stop Evergreen Campground to wait for them.  They arrive at 11:07am, riding approx. 8 miles (easy riding).  Sam probably arrived at 10:45am!  After a quick break, they are off again, next stop Starky for a little swimming!  Ann and I are there waiting as they come off another easy ride @ 12:45pm.  They cool off a little and head out for the toughest part of their day to Council, which turned out to be a long, dry, flat and HOT ride!  But they ALL made it (we almost lost Cody and Joe to a car/bike accident, as they were racing across the finish line and didn't realize that it was a STREET) but a couple screaming Mom's and a smart driver helped out,  24 miles in one day!  I am pretty sure that they didn't take good care of themselves the first day, it was about 100 degrees and they didn't drink enough water and we even had a few blisters that were doctored up with DUCT TAPE!

After Council we drove down to Cambridge to stay for 2 nights, the town was crazy since the Fair/Rodeo was in town for the weekend.  After swimming in the Weiser River and the kids jumping off the bridge, catching a few fish, we cleaned up and went out to eat to Mrs. G's!  Not sure if I would recommend it again, a few ended up not feeling well but not sure if it was due to the food or the day in general!