Day 5

On our way out of Arco we started seeing these signs warning of the dangers of meth.  Rick found this one particularly poignant.









The long downhill through Grand View Canyon.  About 20 miles of downhill that made all the headwinds the day before worth it.
More meth signs.  Guess it is a real problem out here.











As we were rolling through Idaho the last 3 days the old Maddox post about Idaho blowing came to mind.  Idaho does not suck but it does blow like in wind.  Here is the original maddox post for a little humor..... http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=idaho_blows

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