I had a great time with friends but it was so wet and so cold! I shared a condo at the Faithful Street Inn with 5 other friends. Great place to stay. Very clean and 6 beds ,3 rooms 2.5 bathrooms, nice kitchen and living room. But the ride.....It rained and rained and rained. My core stayed dry but I did not have waterproof gloves or shoe covers only toe covers. I wore winter running pants over my biking shorts and wool socks but never did I warm up after getting wet.My biking shrts just collected the water in the padding...which lead to a very cold behind. We grabbed lunch and hot drinks at the Old Faithful Inn and snuggled up to a wall heater but as soon as we were back on our bikes I froze. I would have seriously sagged out in I could have. Some of our riders stopped to use the restroom at Madison Junction and I said if I stop I will never get back on so I just kept going until I got to the condo. I got into a hot bath and just kept filling it up with hot water. I could not feel my feet or fingers for a long time.I wish they would have had hot drinks at the stops. I found I didn't drink anything the hole 60 miles of riding because I couldn't handle drinking cold. I did drink hot chocolate and a red bull during lunch whcih helped but not enough water. I was hoping for fall colors but really there are only pine trees not colors.sorry I didn't get pictures because of all the rain.

Ladies next year, if you want a beautiful fall ride come and ride the Tour D Vin in pocatello. The colors are amazing!!It is the weekend before the West ride. I will post it next year. The ride takes you out to McCammon and back in over buckskin with colors of yellow, red, orange and green!! In the evening they have a wine tasting and beer tasting event included in your ticket and all funds go to the local Family Alliance program to help families in need. Great event!![/B]