88 miles today and the weather was great, cool temps, mostly overcast so we made good time.  We had a few climbs out of Colville (we were on the road at 5:30 AM). The road wandered in and out of fields and gently up and down until a monster downhill into the town of Tiger, WA. Just after we reached the bottom (at speeds that were above the posted limit) it started to rain … Luckily the downhill road was dry when we zoomed down.  We crossed the Pend Oreille River and made good time to Newport. We were frustrated early on the food front when the cafe we stopped at didn’t make sandwiches!  WE did have some food left over from our shopping in Colville so we made do. She stopped at a community center on the reservation of the Kalispel Tribe of Indians and wolfed down a grilled cheese then mounted our steeds again. Just before Newport we crossed into Idaho for about .1 mile then back into Washington.  Dinner was very sub par Chinese fare – what do you expect in a small town? – and now we’re ready to tent among the monster RVs.  Tomorrow we will make it most of the way across Idaho and into Montana where we will cross the Continental Divide near Glacier National Park.

We saw our first Hillary sign today!  There have been a few Trump posters and several Bernie bumper stickers … Not sure what any of that means.