Day 7- Baker City to Cambridge (Idaho)

110miles on, I have survived Hell's Canyon :) It wasn't actually as
bad as it may sound, but the climb out of the canyon was hard because
I had already done 80 or so miles by then... By crossing into Idaho,
I'm now on Mountain Time, 7hrs behind the UK.

I also ran into lots of cyclists today. Early morning, I met one group
who had done a week long ride around the nearby mountains and were now
on their way home. One of their group helped me fix my front brake- I
don't have the tools to tighten the cable but tried with the motel
tools, and made things even worse! When I had lunch in a lovely little
cafe in a town called Halfway- which appropriately was about halfway
for me- I met two cyclists who had started the Transam on the East
Coast in April. They were riding on a tandem, and his mum drove along
in her RV as the support vehicle. They counted the number of dogs that
tried to attack them, mainly in Missouri and Kentucky, and it stood at
72!!! Argh... I'm scared, and will buy bear spray at the next sports
store (apparently way more effective than pepper spray, and works on
humans too) . I'm also not entirely sure I actually want to go
through those states, will have a look on Google maps for ways around-
most likely something a little further north than the Transam!

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