The day started with a nice run across the prairie. Not much going on. At least one cow was paying attention.

Today was something of a reverse of yesterday. Except instead of climbing up to the prairie, I got to drop down off the prairie into
the valley of the North Fork of the Payette River.

Which was pretty spectacular.

I didn't have to work hard for the first 52 miles. And sometimes I got to coast for miles and miles.

The road was pretty spectacular. Not much shoulder, and plenty of traffic, but I didn't have any problems.
And I took most of my pictures on the move, like this one.

You can tell I stopped for this one because there isn't any road in it.

As I lost elevation, the forest gave way to that desert scrub stuff. I dropped about 2000 feet over those 52 miles.

And then it got even more desert-like. I stopped for lunch in Horseshoe Bend, which is where the descent ended.

I love to take pictures of courthouses. The local governments really like to show off their architectural sophistication.

The 6-mile climb out of Horseshoe Bend should be the last major climb of this tour. It took about an hour and a half.

Not much to see at the summit. I went down ahead of that wide load so it wouldn't slow me down. It didn't.

On the streets of Eagle. That idiot pulled over into the bike lane right next to a "No Parking--Bike Lane" sign.
I had to stop and sit right behind her waiting for a whole line of traffic to go by. She was playing with her phone.

My hotel is perfect. My room overlooks the bike path I'll be on tomorrow.

And there is a "restaurant/distillery" next door.