A warm bed, a hot shower, all my gear washed and dried, what more could you ask for? That is how I started my day. I chose not sleep in but rather got up early to pop over to the Ptown Saloon general store where Brandon and two locals were having coffee. They were watching the news on the tv and got quite interested in my route and how it had gone and where it would go.
After having my fill of coffee and purchasing a few food stuffs from the store I ventured back over to the apartment to get my bike, dropped my key off at the store and then clipped in to begin riding. The day was pleasant, but I didn't see a lot of "must see" stops so I didn't take many photographs. Rather I continued to pedal, stopping every so often to try and warm my feet, that said around mile 15 you enter the Price County Forest which has some nice stretches as you gradually rise up in elevation.
Soon enough I was in the small town of Hawkins, just a bit off the main route. I had scouted a restaurant on Google and was hoping for a hamburger, but it seems to have gone out of business and the other restaurant didn't open until much later in the day. With nothing else open I popped into the general store. They were serving up some type of boxed cheesy pasta with chicken in a crockpot, so I grabbed a bowl and took a load off at their one table. It was a bit more of a deli than a general store, but I managed to find a cold sandwich, that along with a bag of chips and another 24 ounce to go beer I figured I'd be set for dinner.
Back on the bike I pedaled the last 10 more miles to Slough Gundy to see the rapids and the Little Falls. It was windy and cold but the sun was out so I opted to have dinner on the rocks while watching the sun get closer to the horizon. Before it got dark and with no actual campgrounds in the vicinity I opted to ride off and find a place to wild camp. When I stealth camp I like to find a spot and put my bright jacket on a stick and then walk back to the nearest road or trail and see if I can see it. I find you are generally best off trying to set your camp up higher in elevation than a road. Camping in most state-owned land is allowed as you practice no impact camping. By the time I leave in the morning it won't look like much more than a deer bedded down for the night.
