Day 19 Harrison Idaho to Mullan. 77 miles

Daniel, good fellow that he is, drove down to meet us and ride in the morning. The chief reason for coming this way was to enjoy the really great bike trail that connects lower Lake Coeur d'Alene with Mullan, the last Idaho town before you go over Lookout Pass. We heard from folks in Harrison that there was a wash out not too far up the trail from their town, but no one knew how bad it was. Since it didn't seem to be too far along we decided to ride out that way and see if we could somehow get across. Out about 5 miles we came to the spot and found it to be about 40 yards across. There was not going to be any fording of that. We were forced to turn around, go back to Harrison and take the road. This added some miles to the day and the first two or three were a substantial climb. We came out on Harrison Flats, which Chris remarked should be called Harrison Heights, and then rolled pretty comfortably for 20 miles or so. When the road started back down to the river Chris and Daniel turned back to ride to the car and Spokane leaving me to coast down to the trail, beyond the rupture and then do fifty beautiful miles to Mullan. I hope the reflection picture does some justice to the area.

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