Flying aka Day 3
After a MUCH better nights sleep we started the next day getting ready for a 30 mile bike ride from Mullan to Cataldo. 
Thomas once again took off with the older boys and I decided to take a leisure ride. Mick and Graham went to sent up camp at our new camp ground- since Graham still wasn’t feeling well. The first 10 miles came and went with little to no effort. Around mile 12 I started feeling a bit tired and realized my seat had been moved and it was too low. I figured I didn’t have that far to go so i just toughed it out. (i also didn’t have an allen wrench to move it) One of the people on the trip invited a bike enthusiast friend to join us. We called him Doc. He and I rode about 10 miles together just chatting and taking about bikes, rides, etc… Prior to that I had about 5 miles where I was all by myself on this amazing trail. The only way I can explain it is that it was very spiritual. When Doc and I were riding together I brought up this point and he said he totally understood that but that it was hard to explain to other people that had not experienced it. We talked about our love of bike riding and how in many ways it was the closest to flying that we’d ever come. He told me about his wife Liz-who was an avid bike rider as well- and how after 52 years of marriage he was still so very in love with her. It warmed my heart. After a bit we stopped and had lunch at this amazing little picnic table facing the water. We chatted some more and some of the other riders caught up to us. I handed out energy drinks and candy to the kids that were tired. Doc and I finished our lunch and hoped back on our bikes. He was all energized and said he was gonna go on ahead. Another friend, Julie, and I rode together and pushed each other because the last 5 miles was really tough. When we saw the other bikers and trucks at the end we were so happy. Mick and Graham were waiting at the end for me. It was so cool to see their smiles. Doc was there and when i walked passed him he said ‘you are one tough riding lady’. It was awesome. 
On our way back to the camp we had to stop at Wal-mart to get an new air mattress since ours had gotten a hole the night before. Needless to say I was starving and grabbed grapes, oranges, bananas, cheese nips, and a chocolate cake to take back to camp with me. Oh, and and air mattress.
We had dinner and a camp fire. Another end to another perfect day.