Sea-to-Sea NA Day 17 Last night the ever-present train whistle was augmented by a choir of dogs; barking all around the town. The tracks were pretty close and since it was a double main track there were lots of trains. At least the sprinklers behaved. Rita and I were on ‘sweep’ duty so we had to be on duty at 6AM to set up the breakfast stuff. This gave me an opportunity to observe the early risers. At 10 to 6 they had most of the breakfast and sandwich stuff set out so they could eat and prepare lunch and leave before 7 AM. This made our work easier. We didn’t leave the site till just before 9 (which is early for a sweep team) and broke into two groups. Our first stop was a huge dairy farm, one of many in this area Idaho is close to the 3rd largest milk producer in the USA. This farm was medium sized at 1700 milking cows. The local RCA church supplied a nice lunch and cool drinks for all the riders, much appreciated on another hot day. Today we crossed the Snake River Canyon in town of Twin Falls. The depth of the canyon is about 500 ft and the Snake River drops over a 210 ft ledge there making it higher than Niagara Falls. We were fortunate that they had turned up the volume of water going over the falls a few days earlier. Remember that most the irrigation we have seen all over this area takes the water from the Snake so in low snow melt year it is almost dry. In addition they tap a huge aquifer deep in the ground (also dropping in level). In order to get to the falls you have to follow a winding road at a steep grade. The hairpin turns made it impossible to attain any significant speed and the surface roughness played havoc with my camera but I shot a movie of the decent anyway. After the falls we had the remaining half of our tour for the day to finish. The wind was in our back most of this time but the temperature continues to rise until reaching its peak of the mid 80s at 5 PM. Although the day started with a few clouds they were long gone by mid morning. We have noticed the cooling effect that the field sprinklers have on the air. This gives us some relief for a few seconds as we pass by. A shot of water down your back also helps cool the body but you have to wait for a refill station before doing that. The Rumba with George VK in tow pulled into Burley (also the name of my bike manufacturer) just after 5. The designated street to turn on was not signed so we asked for directions in the local establishment. They very nicely offered us some refreshment; which we could not turn down. Distance 139 km at an average of 23.1 kph including cruising in town and around the various sights Tomorrow is a day of the same length but more climbing. Our first break will probably on the top at 6800 ft elevation.