Beaver Creek Lodge, WA to Republic, WA
Day: 83.26 miles, Trip: 3954.85 miles
Surprisingly I was actually up early. I tried being quiet (studying to be a ninja like Richard) but accidentally woke up Kristen. She was shocked that I was getting up at 5 am and exclaimed this loudly. I told her to go back to sleep but she got up to ride with us. We beat the heat, at least until Colville, WA where we had breakfast at the 103 cafe. It proved to be more of a coffee shop, but good enough. It was starting to get really hot. We stopped at a gas station at the bottom of the climb to use the restroom, fill our water bottles and get some powerade.
About 6 miles up we hit the rest stop to fill up bottles and get some snacks. 8 more miles we got to refill again with young (Bethany saw a black bear shortly after passing Young). I had heard something moving in the woods beside me but never saw what it was. Up until this point I was feeling great. About 8 miles to the top of Shermans Pass I really slowed down. It was more the heat than the climb itself. At the top Skylar had fruit for us and everyone hung out in the shade. I decided I would rather ride down and get an early dinner at the restaurant at the bottom.
