Across state line

I'm sitting in our tent with light showers, i'm toasty with my down bag on my legs and my down booties on my feet. We have crossed two state lines - WA & ID We did two 60 mile days and made it to Sandpoint last Friday. We stayed with wonderful friends- my good friend Maries brother and sister inlaw - Faye & Mark. F & M rock!!!!! They are the best to stay with, its like going to a fancy inn for the weekend. Faye is an incredible cook and we have gourmet meals each evening. It feels like visiting family. How lucky we are to have such good away friends. One of the interesting aspects besides faye's lawn artwork she creates and mark's craftsmqnship is the dogs. They have two dogs but several neighborhood dogs always there, it seems like doggie daycare, only the dogs self refer themselves. We had 2 good weather days of riding, yesterday was a mixture of sunshine and forboding dark clouds all day. It finally started rainy at dinner and continued through the night. We had a break when we were packing up, but the rains soon returned, i called for a very early quitting day, but the skies lightened up, we had a beautiul stretch of country road and we pedalled to our next campsite on the Bull River this afternoon. I love riding, being outdoors, smelling my our environment, seeing new sites, being in the tent snuggled in my sleeping bag, but i will be happier when summer comes and we have warm weather and sunny skies, the rain and cold are tiring! Snipets: The campground host commented that we were much older than most of the bicyclist that come through here. I guess we can take that as a compliment. Dogs: we had some scary enounters with dogs, i'm practicing the different techniques recommended. It was hard to feel confident when the pair of dogs came out on each side at the same time or the pitbull with full bark and teeth gleeming, luckily they all backed off, must of have been my commanding voice telling them to go home. Those scary incidents occured riding through an Indian Reservation. I think i will try and avoid them when we can.