Day 3 went well. The terrain from Moses Lake to Spokane was rolling with a moderate tailwind most of the way. This morning I remembered that Kate Quick, a friend from high school, lives in eastern Washington and I texted her to find out where. The expected chafing has been getting worse over the past few days, so I desperately wanted to get some Vaseline. We also picked up bananas and Gatorade powder.
Travis struggled a little today, making me feel better about lagging behind him during the previous two days. We stopped for lunch at Jake's diner in Ritzville, where I turned on my phone to see that Kate lives in Spokane and was more than willing to host two stinky and exhausted cyclists. So we have a dry place to stay tonight, a shower, laundry facilities and a place to boil some more potatoes!
We lost two items to the road today, Travis' rearview mirror and my tail light. Travis wanted to replace the mirror and also adjust the fit of his bike by getting a new stem, so we picked those items up at a bike shop in Spokane before heading to Kate's. Kate took us to REI where I picked up a bike pump so we wouldn't have to rely on expensive CO2 cartridges. I also invested in some rain pants, thinking that might be the best insurance against it actually raining on us. We dined on delicious sandwiches at Huckleberry's Natural Food Shop, before heading back to Kate's to check e-mail, do laundry, drink a few beers and boil some potatoes.
| Time | Trip | Odometer | Average | Max |
| 7:33:05 | 110.3 | 314 | 14.6 | 34.9 |
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