Day 9 June 18, 2016 Lewis & Clark Trail State Park to Pomeroy, Wa. 44.7 miles

This was the day of the broken tentpole. We woke up to light rain, so we had to pack a wet tent.  While Dave was taking the tent apart, the top pole snapped, so we were facing another challenge, but one week didn't want!) I was pretty pooped from the long ride the day before, and now that we didn't have a tent, our options were limited. But 40 miles down the road was Pomeroy, and according to the map, there was a motel and a B& B. The rain was over by the time we got to Pomeroy, and as luck would have it, there was a hardware store where Dave bought some stuff to try to repair the pole. There was also a coffee bar in the hardware store (only in a small town!), and the Americano
was very good! But we had a hard time finding a place to stay. No one was at the motel, and no one answered the phone at the B&B. We found an open restaurant, and the owner tried really hard to find us a place to stay, but there was a volleyball tournament in town. So we were headed to the city park when we saw the open sign on at the motel. We got a room for $40!! And it was even very clean with two rooms. We were able to lay out the tent to dry, and Dave determined that his ideas to fix the pole weren't going to work. Our best hope was to find a new tent in Lewiston, Idaho, which was our destination the next day.
To be continued...