2nd Day in Pocatello

Last night, once we returned to our tent at the Bannock County Fair Grounds after riding in the rain, we found our tent lying in a puddle of water.
We decided to move the tent to a dryer location on higher grounds. Looking like crazies in the super windy and rainy weather drying out our tent and sleeping pads in the wind, we were able to remake our sleeping quarters.
However, Vesper's sleeping mattress which had never been able to hold air for longer than 30min. was out of commission till the wholes could be patched. He slept on only the floor mat and is now suffering with a pinched lower back which is causing him a great deal of pain.

If any readers would like to donate for the sole purpose of getting Vesper a new air mattress to sleep on it will be greatly appreciated!!

2nd day in Pocatello, Tuesday 9/13/11

We began our day with patching another hole in one of my tires. Vesper is growing tired of Idaho's thorns and road debris. We decided that we were going to look into Tuffy's which is a liner between your tube and tire to prevent punctures. With further research, we decided that the liners usually cause the tears more so than the thorns. Plus they add an additional weight to your overall load. (Not good). So, we bought more patch kits instead.

Yesterday, I had contacted the makers of my Panniers to let them know that I had only had them for less than a month and I already had a tear in one of them. Without hesitation, the customer service rep. offered a replacement for the torn bag and threw in a handle bar bag for me as a gift to be shipped overnight to my location of choice. DETOURS is the brand name, which is a woman owned and run business which makes high quality recycled panniers for cyclists. They are super cute and tuff!
So, today we called and visited the local bike shop 2 times looking for the shipment from DETOURS at Barrie's Ski and Sports here in Pocatello, ID. The manager was really nice to me yesterday, but today he seemed annoyed by us. Hey, don't tell me that I can have an item shipped to your store location and then get snooty with me just because I am looking to receive it the next day. I am sorry that I only spent $1 in your store, but I am still a customer.

We washed our bikes today at the Bangal Car Wash.

Went to Wal-Mart on the other side of town, came back the opposite direction towards ISU for use of the Library to post another days event.

I am also posting new pictures of our travels so far.

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WOS