We are sitting in the laundromat at the campground in Valleyview while it is pouring rain outside. We have our tent set up under some pine trees, but our trikes are getting soaked. Oh, well we'll deal with that after it stops raining.
We left the foothills and rode down into farm country today (55 miles).
Our rest stop was at Little Smokey (population 20) where we discovered the bathrooms at the gas station/general store were out of order due to a faulty water well. We went next door to the restaurant/motel (the only other business in town) to discover that they closed last week due to the recession. The owner was so sweet and offered his bathroom as well as blueberry pie. Like I said, people are amazingly kind if you give them a chance. In fact, the manager of the campground just came in and said we could sleep in the enclosed gazebo tonight out of the rain.