Day 17 Gooding to Burley

It's just before supper and I'm at the library in Burley, ID. (pop 10,000) Friendly, helpful people here. The public use computer wouldn't work properly so I'm in the library office. They're putting me to work once I'm done this.

Fred and I left with David T just before 7:30. A little cooler start to the day, but it got hot later on. Our first stop was at the Miller Dairy farm about 1 hr or so down the road. They have a mid sized farm, 1700 cows, and a 50 stall rotary parlour. We could get water and milk and a tour there. Here the land is farmed more intensively. Irrigation water is plentiful, and we saw our first potatoe fields today. (Idaho is famous for potatoes)

Just before Twin Falls, we came across the Snake River canyon. Spectacular views. Too bad my camera battery went dead, but others will have pics on the site for sure.
We dropped David T there as he wanted to hang around. In Twin Falls, the Reformed Church there hosted us for lunch. Subway sand, milk (even choc), and watermelon. Delicious. Steve P from CO said, "Better not let my wife see pictures of this. I'm supposed to be having it rough"

We had a good tail wind, so we could make pretty good time, but by 100 k (60 mi) our rears were getting a little sore. 30 or so to go. We stopped in Murtaugh for a Sobey's as we missed Walter who was still behind us. (just)

On the way to our stop, Burley, we passed Ed G (ON), Adrian K (ON) and Dale M (MI). A little later, they came zipping by us. Fred who was behind me says "we should pass them again". Well, not being competitive, I hesitated at first, but then went for it. As I passed them, Adrian said something I won't repeat. He passed me later on. So we smoked it into town, the 5 of us, missed the exit to the school, but found a nice sports place in town for a cool one. I told Adrian what he said and we had a good laugh (it wasn't that bad, really).

Burley also has a nice school. Only 10 years old. They've won State in basketball the last 2 years, but their football team has won only 6 games in 10 years according to the janitor. (Over 1,000 students, gr 9-12). Their football field has astroturf with that rubber compound mixed in. Huge stands either side. The gym seats 2,700, but will be standing room only for certain games.

Bottom line: Cycled 139 k, 4:45 in saddle, avg 28.7 kph (17 mph)

PS: Whoever wants to know about Wiebo, he is doing just fine. When I ask, he says "Good". Nothing really different than when I reported about him on Day 11, and Fred M in between. So all is well as far as I know. Everything here is so scheduled, we have little time to chit chat. I'll tell him an anonymous person is asking.