Day 17: Sandpoint!

Today the team only went about 40 miles to Sandpoint, Idaho. Upon arriving we went inside after lunch and had free time until 5:40. I took the time to catch up on my social media as well as give my dad a call. Then one of the guys decided they wanted to go get some coffee so we went exploring around town. We found this little coffee shop called Kokonee which is named after a type of fish. Then we went and looked around this old antique store before heading into actual downtown. We found our way to the Sandpoint City Beach which was really, really pretty. There was a pier that stuck out in the water and I took advantage and got some chill pictures. We went to this place called the Laughing Dog for dinner because they were sponsoring this meal as a fundraiser for a local group of women that are also biking across America for Autism so we came into town during just the right time. When we finished there we went to get some food for one of the guys that stayed back in order to watch all of our gear and bikes. As we were leaving with his food it started to hail storm! We all had to rush back to the vans to avoid getting hit. Once we got back some of felt a little hungry still so we decided to go to Jack in the Box for some food. They have really good prices on their food. It was my first time eating fast food since I decided not to as my new years resolution over a year ago so I started out small and just got some chicken nuggets. They tasted equally as good as I remembered them. Once we got done eating we headed back to lodging and used the rest of the time to rest for the night. Everyone went to bed relatively early because we had a 90 mile day ahead of us to Thompson Falls, Montana! Our second “official” border crossing of the trip!