{"id":2960,"date":"2023-09-27T13:58:38","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T18:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/?p=2960"},"modified":"2023-09-28T19:25:34","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T00:25:34","slug":"mountain-home-easy-riding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/2023\/09\/27\/mountain-home-easy-riding\/","title":{"rendered":"Mountain Home, easy riding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today was a short easy ride. From here there is a gap until Boise that I plan for tomorrow. I left the Snake River and climbed ~500ft up to this larger town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2040\" src=\"http:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/Resize_20230927_121125_5411.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2957\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/Resize_20230927_121125_5411.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/Resize_20230927_121125_5411-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/Resize_20230927_121125_5411-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/Resize_20230927_121125_5411-1157x1536.jpg 1157w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Early morning departure as the school buses were out. Past the grain silos and then follow old US 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2040\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/Resize_20230927_121127_7377.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2956\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/Resize_20230927_121127_7377.jpg 2040w, https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/Resize_20230927_121127_7377-1024x771.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/Resize_20230927_121127_7377-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/Resize_20230927_121127_7377-1536x1157.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2040px) 100vw, 2040px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A narrow passage ahead: interstate highway, train and small road all on this side of the river.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2040\" height=\"1536\" src=\"https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/Resize_20230927_121129_9041.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2958\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/Resize_20230927_121129_9041.jpg 2040w, https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/Resize_20230927_121129_9041-1024x771.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/Resize_20230927_121129_9041-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/Resize_20230927_121129_9041-1536x1157.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2040px) 100vw, 2040px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Not much in Hammet&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2040\" src=\"https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/Resize_20230927_121133_3711.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2955\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/Resize_20230927_121133_3711.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/Resize_20230927_121133_3711-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/Resize_20230927_121133_3711-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/Resize_20230927_121133_3711-1157x1536.jpg 1157w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Truck filled with potatoes coming the other way. As I got close to Mountain Home, there was a section with new asphalt that felt almost soft. After that across town to the motel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1928\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/img_20230927_1222430614938811088732518328-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/img_20230927_1222430614938811088732518328-scaled.jpg 1928w, https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/img_20230927_1222430614938811088732518328-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/img_20230927_1222430614938811088732518328-1542x2048.jpg 1542w, https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/img_20230927_1222430614938811088732518328-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/09\/img_20230927_1222430614938811088732518328-1157x1536.jpg 1157w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1928px) 100vw, 1928px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I was early at the motel. Talked with the owner who said &#8220;no bicycle in the room&#8221;. Tried to see if there was a way to carry it in once and carefully set it down. Tried to see if there was an alternate place to lock it. In a storage area but not available until an hour after sunrise. In the end, asking for a refund &#8211; and found a different motel. Sad though this is the first motel in five months where I couldn&#8217;t bring it in the room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Otherwise a short ride so chance to find a laundry and get things set for tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"activity-header-9932656513\" class=\"wp-strava-activity-container\">\n\t\t\t<table class=\"activity-details-table\">\n\t\t\t\t<thead>\n\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<th>Elapsed Time<\/th>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<th>Moving Time<\/th>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<th>Distance<\/th>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<th>Average Speed<\/th>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<th>Max Speed<\/th>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<th>Elevation Gain<\/th>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<th>Calories Burned<\/th>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t<\/thead>\n\t\t\t\t<tbody>\n\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td data-label=\"Elapsed Time\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"activity-details-table-info\">04:28:00<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"activity-details-table-units\">hours<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td data-label=\"Moving Time\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"activity-details-table-info\">03:14:30<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"activity-details-table-units\">hours<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td data-label=\"Distance\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"activity-details-table-info\">28.91<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"activity-details-table-units\">mi.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td data-label=\"Average Speed\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"activity-details-table-info\">8.92<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"activity-details-table-units\">mph<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td data-label=\"Max Speed\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"activity-details-table-info\">16.03<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"activity-details-table-units\">mph<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td data-label=\"Elevation Gain\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"activity-details-table-info\">1,000.66<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"activity-details-table-units\">ft.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<td data-label=\"Calories Burned\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"activity-details-table-info\">1,042<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"activity-details-table-units\">kcal<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t\t<\/tbody>\n\t\t\t<\/table>\n\t\t<img class='wp-strava-img' src='https:\/\/api.mapbox.com\/styles\/v1\/mapbox\/outdoors-v11\/static\/path-2+ff0000(m%7BdeGvtv~TL%7CAp%40zCZlB%5ChCTXd%40CdEwA%7C%40YNPZrMBxFCdKWLw%40CgA%40aC%40q%40AQNEd%40~%40hDZ~%40x%40tCbDfLbDzL%7CEjVdC%60Nh%40bDfBxP%5CpHLpOSfKw%40~LgB~MwBlKsF%60QuBzE%7BBzE%7DAbDsCjGmChGuAtEaAxGSrFDpHVbSg%40pj%40n%40fPb%40jJxAfKvG%60c%40%7CBzIzBzFzLp%5BfHjRd%40lAd%40nA%60B~EtAjG%60AnIz%40%7CQdBxVjAfMxBtNdCnQhAbMp%40xJTdNUvTWdUKhIIvI%5B%60n%40MzGyA%60%5Em%40hLV%7CFV%7CAnCxHr%40~CXvD%3FxA%7DBlWW%60FAzQ%40~IDfm%40B%7Cb%40%40hC%3FzIAxp%40A%7C%5D%3F%7CGEpKAdJO~Gw%40dOgAhLy%40hHuAhIgBbIqBfJw%40zDs%40hDu%40lDy%40zDe%40tBaAzE%7B%40%60Ek%40lCuJlc%40mC%60LiAzE%5BlAwDvOeAnEgFdTq%40tCuB%60IcAxCc%40tA%7D%40jCITuEhNaDrJ_AvCiAhDcAzCo%40jBeBrFq%40nBeAjDy%40%60Co%40lB%7BAtE%7DAxE%7DAxEgD%60KgL%60%5EeD~JY~%40mApD%5DbAeGxQgGdRmArDsDzK%7DDxL%7DAxEcIrU%7BBfEiCpD%7DDtDyFtDc%40ZmFdDkEpCoG~DuTxNcEhCwD%60CcHjEsMfIw%40d%40k%40ZaAj%40oJlGyEfEyB%7CBkCbDcEjGqOrVeFxFuD%60DyUjQeEbDSN_%40%5CyB%60BcLrIgHnFmLzIqB%7CAwG%60FsMzJkHrFwEnDqDnC%7BIvGyBbBwFdE%7BAjA%7DC~ByDtCsBzAuDrC_ChB%7DDxCiEdD_BjAsAbAcE~C%7DAjAeDfCeHjFuGdF%7BLdJmHtFyIvGgJdH%7BDtCwB%60BsRdOiBtAmOfLqDnC%7BCzBgIhGcE%7CCkMxJe%5CrVoDvCsBvA_I%60GmG%7CEsTnPcTfPqDzCqFzD%7DD%60DuGdFcBdAiJbH%7DErD%7BDzCwKtI%7DDzCcS~NwB%60BsCvBmHvF%7BAlB_AfCu%40dHM%60%40c%40EqBUsAK%7BCJsCfAqGtEiA%7C%40yC%7CBiSlOgEbDoHvFwKnImClBaBnAiEfDaE~CqInG%7DKpIuCzBsDnCgHrF%7DIxGoGrFaDrEsFxGkFfE_EzCeDfCiH%7CFeAvBG%7C%40h%40jARx%40NhCAnFAxKNvGTn%40RIT%5DNCKESA%5Bu%40CiA%3FoM%40wJ%5BiCw%40kBiAkA%7D%40_%40uCc%40iC_%40sC_A%7DBy%40yB%40yAdAgF~DaChBiFzDaAp%40mAtBuClKiAnBqG%60F)\/auto\/480x320@2x?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoibWV2ZXJtZXVsZW4iLCJhIjoiY2xlYnZmNG13MDZ1ejNvcWpmdTM3M2pzZyJ9.pq0yENqixV7SGEHuCpgmcw' title='Morning Ride' \/><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today was a short easy ride. From here there is a gap until Boise that I plan for tomorrow. I left the Snake River and climbed ~500ft up to this larger town. Early morning departure as the school buses were <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/2023\/09\/27\/mountain-home-easy-riding\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-idaho"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2960"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2980,"href":"https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2960\/revisions\/2980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mvermeulen.org\/gone2look4america\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}