68 miles and every one of them was way too hot, 107!  We coasted back through US Customs at the border and followed the Kettle River as it re entered the US, too. Just before the border the river runs through a gorge  and falls so it was scenic. Before long, though, the heat got to us and we stopped to soak our shirts in a cold mountain stream then continued down the road. One thing we’ve notice so far is that the towns we ride through are too small for anything in the way of fresh sandwiches etc.  so we haven’t solved the nutrition problem yet.  We stopped at a general store mainly for the A/C but chugged some Gatorade and lemonade before heading out again. The guy behind the counter told us about a boat ramp to the Kettle where we could dunk ourselves – which we did. So the story of today was fighting the heat. We had plenty of water but after a few hours on the bike it too was 107 degrees. Tasty!

We finally arrived in Colville and stopped at the first Subway we’ve seen so far for food, ice water and A/C and next rode to the Safeway for dinner and breakfast stuff.  We’re staying at the Bacon Bicycle Hostel about 4 miles outside of town and have decided that tomorrow will be a total rest day. Laundry, bike maintenance and rest will be the orders of the day.