Ok here I am in the adventure cycling offices in missoullA. These are the people who make the maps for this trip and I can highly recommend them if you are thinking of doing this little ride yourself! They also have free ice cream which is worth the trip in itself ha ha. I've already used up nearly 6mb of my phone card with pi tires and videos so I bought a new card so I will have space to capture everything yet to come. I tried drop box but life is to short lol! Looking at the maps on a real chair is novel..lol! And at a table instead of in wind on the bike! Chief josephs pass looks dauntingly high but ill do it no problem. I've had a lot of support from my friends here in the USA and it means a lot to me ..I feel very at home in the states and so far have met only cool friendly people. I checked with at&t my cellphone network and basically it wasn't my fault there was no signal across idaho...apparrently it is an issue there because of the high hills and low population.