I recently rode the Idaho Hot Springs loop with my dad & my uncle. In nine days, we traveled 510 miles and climbed 37,000 feet. It was rather enjoyable.

Read my dad’s write-up for all the details. You can also view my photo gallery of the trip.

For those who care to see where we went, I tracked the entire route on Strava:

• Day 1: McCall to Warm Lake
• Day 2: Warm Lake to Stanley
• Day 3: Stanley to Ketchum attempt 1. My dad’s derailleur broke.
• Day 3: Stanley to Ketchum attempt 2. Started at 4:30PM.
• Day 4: Ketchum to Featherville
• Day 5: Featherville to Cottonwood campground
• Day 6: Cottonwood campground to Idaho City
• Day 7: Idaho City to Trail Creek campground
• Day 8: Trail Creek campground to Cascade
• Day 9: Cascade to McCall

Lastly, this trip caused me to break my GitHub streak. I brought my laptop, but most nights I was too tired to do anything. At the end, my streak had been going for 1280 days. That’s 3 years, 6 months, and 3 days. Or put another way: over 10% of my life. I don’t know if I’ll ever exceed that, but I’ve already gotten back in the groove.