On Monday night, we ended the day biking downhill along the beautiful Salmon River.  We stopped at the fanciest campground that we've seen yet, and Rachel worked her magic to talk the man down 3 whole dollars!  It's amazing what that helpless woman look can accomplish.  Never have I been more proud.  The next day we started out with an easy 13 miles when we hit the small, lumber town of Riggins.  We stopped for coffee and after talking with Todd- the barista- we were convinced that we had to whitewater raft the Salmon River.  Since the Salmon River ran right along our route for the next 12 miles, we asked the good people at Mountain River Rafting if they would shuttle our bikes to where we would get off the raft after the ride.  SCORE.  We cut off 12 miles of biking and exchanged it for an amazing ride with our guide Tray!  Tray had us play games on the raft, and we all fell in the river multiple times.  Rachel's favorite part was when he whipped out trail mix from his cooler and fed us for free!  :)  After rafting, we put our bikes back together and started the last 19 miles of the day to the small town of White Bird.  A big burly man yelled at us for trying to start a fire in the park so we had smores over propane instead.  And thanks to our new friend DJ, Rachel and I both got to shower.  This morning we had a big mountain climb... you know you're on a mountain climb when butterflies can keep pace with you.  Very humbling.  This afternoon, we're gonna eat up 50 more miles that are mostly downhill to Lowell, ID.  We should be in Montana in one or two days!!!  We just had to say goodbye to our good friend Paul who has been riding with us for a couple days.  He had been so fun to have around, and we'll miss him big time!  Happy travels, friend!!! :)