October 7: I woke up to the proper Pacific Northwest welcoming: Rain! I tried to wait it out a little, sending pictures and writing notes. Norm went to the computer lab to complete his homework for class. Finally with the rain continuing, I packed up and headed over to the vegetarian cafe and tea house in town called Common Knowledge to spoil myself on some long awaited goodies. The food was great although it took a whole, the clock ticking away the hours of the day. Great vegan cookies!! I was about to leave when a patron, Clark struck up a conversation and bought me tea. We chatted for an hour before I said I had to leave. The conversation was great and among other things I found out that I was lucky in where I was in Idaho as the rest if the state was not so hip. To have all the time in the world, but with the time at two thirty and seventy miles still to go, I began pedaling in the steady drizzle.

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