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Travel using a bicycle, whether on paved or gravel roads or trails.

Bicycle Idaho 2003

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In July 2003 Linda and I joined Bicycle Idaho 2003, a supported bicycle camping tour traveling a loop through Southern Idaho. We enjoyed the previous Bicycle Idaho 2001 and Bicycle Idaho 2002 tours and eagerly returned for third tour. This year’s route is a loop in Southern Idaho with one day’s ride overlapping the Bicycle Idaho 2001 tour, but in reverse direction.

The tour was organized by Bicycle Rides Northwest, a bicycle touring company based in Bend, Oregon.

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Bicycle Idaho 2002

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In July 2002 Linda and I joined Bicycle Idaho 2002, a supported bicycle camping tour traveling a loop through Eastern Washington and Northwestern Idaho. We enjoyed last year’s Bicycle Idaho 2001 tour and were convinced then to join the tour again this year.

The tour was organized by Bicycle Rides Northwest, a bicycle touring company based in Bend, Oregon.

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Ride the Rockies 2002

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In July 2002 Linda and I joined friends on Ride the Rockies, a supported bicycle camping tour traveling a loop through Southwest Colorado.

Our friend Doug Parrow had a goal to ride through all of the US states. He learned of the Ride the Rockies bicycle tour organized by the Denver Post. This tour chooses a different route in Colorado each year. It is limited to 2000 bicyclists by a lottery system. Doug learned that up to ten people could pool their applications and nine of us from Salem and Bend Oregon applied in one packet: Doug, Mel, Ken, John, Joanne, Alan, Roger, Linda, and myself. In March we learned that we had been selected.

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Bicycle Idaho 2001

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In July 2001 Linda and I joined Bicycle Idaho 2001, a supported bicycle camping tour traveling a loop through the Snake River Plain and the Sawtooth Range of Idaho.

We had enjoyed participating in several Oregon Bicycle Ride tours, and when we heard that the same company, Bicycle Rides Northwest, was organizing a similar tour in Idaho we knew we wanted to try Bicycle Idaho 2001. We were joined on the ride by long time Oregon friends from Salem and new friends from Bend, our new home.

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