Today was a somewhat longer day. Sunrise isn’t until 7:30am so each day I’m getting out a bit later. Also there was a moderate headwind in middle of the day.

There is a gap between Mountain Home and Boise where almost nobody lives and there also isn’t much in the way of paved roads. I was able to use frontage roads for some of that but was also on shoulder of Interstate 84 for 11 miles. This was also a windy part of the day. At the end I came through Boise and added my 24th state capitol.

This morning I cycled past the motel that didn’t allow bicycles. Not sure why but they had white rabbits in the parking lot.

A few miles in, I came to the first frontage road. It parallels the interstate but is several miles away. There weren’t many cars or trucks.

Sign says cattle guard

However the cows can walk around it because there are no fences on the side.

There is an active train line.

A few houses and a volunteer fire department.

After 25 miles my side roads ran out. There was a restaurant/store/gas station where I took a short break. After that 11 miles on shoulder of the interstate. There was a head wind and it was sometimes disturbed by trucks.

Rest area and a chance to get off the highway

After the interstate I came through Boise from the south. There was a large Micron plant here.

Made it to the capitol!

After this a few miles on the Boise River trail to a motel. A somewhat later arrival but distance, later start and some wind all added up. Nice to get here.