DAY 6 - COLUMBIA RIVER TRIP - GRAND COULEE TO HOME (AKA MISSION ABORT!)

As happens occasionally you do a stupid thing and you pay the price.  We rode down to the Grand Coullee dam this morning to take one last look before we took off to the Tri Cities.  Good thing I happened to look at my rear tire .  What I saw was not fun, it was so worn down the plys were showing.  No way was this tire taking us any further than we absolutely had to go and that was, regrettably, home.  My mistake was to squezze one last trip out of the thing before getting a new one.

THE IDIOT LOOKING AT THE GRAND COULEE FROM ABOVE

THE GRAND COULEE DAM, WASHINGTON STATE

Oh well made it home with no mishaps, I'll be off to the shop on Tuesday for some new rubber.  We'll hit it again next time to finish up the trip, I don't think the River is going anywhere but downstream.

Day 5 - COLUMBIA RIVER TRIP - REVELSTOKE TO GRAND COULEE DAM VIA SPOKANE

We got up about 6:00 AM after a night of hail, rain, and thunderstorms galore.  On the other hand there was only a mild drizzle by time we took off aroun 8:00 AM.  This should be fun ride on a road we've never been on following the Columbia.  We're also looking forward to a ferry ride today to cross the river at one point.

CRITTER REPORT:  We've seen two coyotes, two deer, and one mouse crossing the road in front of us.  We've managed not to hit any of them so far.  Keep your fingers crossed.

Following is a video of part of today's journey to give you a sense of what it's like on the bike.