July 10, Camus Prairie, Idaho

Photo of trestle over Lawyer's Canyon. Historic waysides indicate we went through a region known as Camus Prairie, a name familiar from my youth, though I'm not sure I've ever been here. From camp we went through the towns of Craigmont, Ferdinand, Kamiah, and Kooskia.

Not much uphill, some good glides down, notably into Kamiah, then we're cruising along at river grade with the middle fork of the Clearwater. Still, my knees were fried, probably leftover from yesterday's long hill climb. By the end of the day they were saying "whatever you're doing, stop it right now." Down in the valley we're hot again, 96 deg. when we went through the last town. Should be cooler tomorrow.