Team 2 day 10 Claire

 Day 10 started off with a bittersweet goodbye to our lovely hosts, Judy, Steve, Renee and Clayton (and of course Coco and Luna). Then we were off to the races... Until we stopped about a mile down the road at the most wonderful farmers market for some home baked goods to take with us on the road. Then we were actually off to the races. We rode right along some beautiful Idaho lakes and mountains until we stopped in Clark Forks for lunch. I personally had one of the best salami sandwiches of my life, and picked up a couple of veggies to add to our dinner that evening. Also at lunch, Audrey officially marked eating ice cream in every state we went to thus far, before we hit the road once again. We crossed into Montana that afternoon and we're in awe of the absolutely magical valleys, rivers and meadows surrounded by towering mountains (one of which was still somewhat snow capped!) The rest of the ride was hot, but beautiful. We met our amazing sag wagon/support, Lawrence, at Dorr Skeels. campground right on Bull lake. He met us right at the entrance which was really lovely, shout out to Lawrence for all youve been doing for us! We then immediately jumped in the lake and soon found out that in addition to housing some stunning views, bull lake is home to many, many mosquitoes. While trying our best to avoid getting bitten with long sleeves and bug spray, we used the veggies we got at the store to kick up dinner game up a notch and had sauteed onions, peppers and mushrooms mixed with the pine nuts and couscous I had left over from a previous dinner. It felt so good to get some non freeze dried/nutritious food in our bodies (the processed food/snack life is taking a toll on some of us). We then played cards until the sun set (at an unbelievably late hour I might add) and went to bed, only to start it all over again in the morning.

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