Day 4: Coulee City to Spokane

Today we woke up bright and early, and got started on our first century day. We booked it out of lodging, and I wasn’t sure I was going to be able to keep the pace we were keeping, but after about 10 miles I warmed up and got going. A couple of times the guys who started with us wanted to drop back to a slower paceline, but we were sure to make sure the group that started with us today, finished with us.

Overall, the ride was rather uneventful. It was always tough to start after stopping—particularly after having a great sponsored lunch at Subway—but I was able to push it after about five minutes of straight cycling when everything went numb. The entire team made to Spokane on time, and no one had to rack on a van.

We didn’t have any friendship visits tonight, just a BBQ that was sponsored by some guys who rode the journey of few years ago. Tomorrow is a day off, and we have two friendship visits as well as a Kids on the Block presentation. We get to sleep until 11:00 though, so after today’s hard day, I’m going to go out, relax, and see what the town of Spokane has to offer.

So far the Journey of Hope is amazing.