It was 46 deg. when we woke up this morning. I may have forgotten to mention that the heater miraculously came back to life last week after I opened it up and could find nothing wrong with it. We have been using it when we get ready for bed and again when we get up. We fixed coffee and oatmeal in the tent for breakfast.

We waited to start riding until about 10 a.m. when it was quite a bit warmer.

Today’s tour was planned to visit a restaurant at a gas station in Bonner’s Ferry, ID. I first visited the restaurant in 2007 when I was on my USA Four Corners Tour. The second time I ate there was in 2016 on my way to Alaska. I had good experiences both times and wanted Beth to experience it as well. It’s not a fancy place, but it’s always filled with locals.

We stopped for gas just after getting on US-95. From there we rode the entire 90 miles without stopping, except for red lights. South of Sandpoint we encountered hundreds of cars driving south. At first I thought maybe a church had let out, but we didn’t pass any churches with large parking lots. When we got to Sandpoint we could see lots of condos and boats. We thought maybe weekenders were going home. Later we found out we had guessed entirely wrong. A woman at the cafe said there was a Renaissance Festival and the Sandpoint fairgrounds, Well, that certainly explained the traffic.

Here are the photos of Three Mile Cafe, our destination for the day.

The woman at the table next to us offered to take our picture. She’s also the person who knew about the Renaissance Fair.

There is an antique shop across the road from the cafe. We decided to check it out.

They have a huge inventory of old stuff.

I took this photo of a lamp for my brother, the train nut and former engineer for the Santa Fe.

For some time I’ve been saying we need to get old fashioned salt and pepper shakers–ones that are glass with metal tops. They are easy to fill and clean. The salt and pepper mills we have either don’t work or the output is too coarse. The cardboard set absorbs moisture and clogs. I know this is a 1st world problem, but some items just can’t be improved upon.

Anyway, we found this set for $4.24 including tax. They resemble a set my mother had, so that’s nostalgia, part 2.

Instead of returning to our campground, Beth called an audible and we rode to the Canadian border.

On the way back we stopped for gas, coffee, and chocolate.

On the way up, Beth spotted this Sasquatch. We stopped on the way back to take a silly selfie.

We also stopped at an overlook to take a picture and look over the valley.

The afternoon was still young, so we returned to downtown Coeur d’Alene for a beer. We tried a different pub.

They had way too many beers to choose from.

Beth’s bike was about to turn over 100,000 miles, so we took a side trip beside the lake to add the final miles.

Ta-da…