Sunday 25th June

Am now sitting in a wholefood cafe in Kettle Falls. Have crossed the Columbia River, been over the Sherman Pass (over 5400 feet)  and seen the Sherman Lake (resevoir).
    A beautiful cycle No snow at the top but great views It is very hot so I was cycling by 05.45am to
reached the top before the heat got too much. A great gradual cycle down with no switchbacks.
    Passed 'Little America', a camp for the conservation corps from the 1930's. During the depression so many men were unemployed that this initiative of Roosevelt's engaged single unemployed young men to build roads, hiking trails and undertake conservation work. The hiking trails still exist today. The men were given three meals a day plus accomodation (with sheets on the beds) and paid a dollar a day. They had to agree to 25 dollars a month of their money being sent back home to their families. The camps were run as far as I can make out by ex military men. But a lot of good work was done.
   The last few towns I have been to have wholefood shops with a cafe, so I am eating a very healthy diet. I think property was cheap in the 1970's so the hippies moved in. But they are now very mainstream, and it is great to find a good place to eat amongst the truck stops and the tattoo parlour.
    Plan to cycle on to Colville today.

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