We left Canyon Pines RV Resort and headed towards Riggins. At Riggins I got my first espresso of the trip. Yummy! I went to the grocery and amazingly Jana showed up again. They were taking Jared, their son, for college visits in Washington. We visited for just a little bit and then both took off. It was great to see them again! We passed a fresh fruit stand and bought some delicious apricots, plums and cherries. Later we found a shady spot along the river and enjoyed the fruit. The temperature was above 100, we were along the Salmon River, and finally found a place where we could get in. It was sooo refreshing to get cooled down but within a few minutes we were dried off from the heat. Later we passed a ranger station and stood in their sprinkler. As the day was winding down we were riding into White Bird after being in record breaking temperatures and we missed the turn to the campground. It was so hot it felt like a blast furnace even on the downhills. Bob said his eyes were burning. At this point we were past ready to be done so we pulled over and looked at the map again. Ok truthfully, I started to melt down, physically and mentally. Bob said all I could say was "Yack", like from the movie When Mars Attacks. When we Finally got to the campground I didn't even get off my bike and bob went in to get a site. The lady from the campground must have thought we looked awful and brought us two ice waters, then two ice cream sandwiches. Those of you who know me know ice cream fixes everything! We gave them money and they drove to town and brought us back a pizza. We say a Great Big THANK YOU to Swift Water RV Park for taking such good care of us. While I was sprawled out on the lawn another lady, Barb, came up and ask, Are you okay? This is when we met our new camp neighbors Harry and Barb. Everybody there was concerned for us the next day. They told us we should leave very early because of the heat wave and the climb over White Bird Pass. Many cyclist had warned us of this climb. They told us this would be one of the worst of the whole trip. Its has 28 switchbacks and if you put those together it would make 37 circles according to the locals. After getting to know our neighbors we found we had some things in common, like we both like fresh chicken eggs over store bought chicken eggs. So they offered to make us breakfast in the morning. We didn't realize we had crossed back into Pacific time so we thought we were getting up at 4 a.m. . The camping neighbor, Harry, looked out of his camper and said, do you know its 3 a.m.? We had already put the tent away so we weren't going back to bed. Bless his heart, he still made us breakfast. We had eggs, sauteed onions, toast, coffee and cookies. This was a perfect start to a grueling day.