More beautiful Big Sky vistas. We were tired from yesterday’s century ride, so we’re glad that today’s ride was shorter than the 74 miles we need to average. We tried to book massages for when we arrived in Dillon, but apparently getting massages on July 3 in Dillon is a big thing because the surprisingly […]
Day 12 – Wisdom MT to Dillon MT – 67 miles Read More »
The Big Picture Montana is called the “Big Sky” state for good reason. It seems everywhere we went today the mountains were cradled by the sky. Beautiful clouds, deep blue sky. The mountains weren’t in the foreground like Idaho’s but rather put a ring around our whole view. Let’s bore you with some statistics: Day
Day 11 – Florence MT to Wisdom MT – 103 Miles Read More »
Today was a day of changes. Having entered the Bitterroot Mountains subrange of the Rockies, we went from rolling terrain to our first difficult climb. From our lodging we climbed 1700 feet in the first 13 miles to the top of Lolo Pass where there was a fantastically informative visitor station. There we met our
Day 10 – Powell ID to Florence MT – 54 miles Read More »
Sorry for not posting this earlier, but we were tired, plus there was no phone reception at Lochsa Lodge and you could only get Wi-Fi if you stood between the dining room and bar, on one foot, while singing. So we waited for today. The lack of connectivity for about 36 hours was a slight
Day 9 – Kamiah ID to Powell ID – 96 miles. Best day yet! Read More »
Should’ve been 69 miles. Our GPS sent us all over the place. New map, new attitude, same voice. I think this one was hungover. Thanks to those of you expressing concern over our road safety. Today was our worst road conditions yet – and unfortunately I got hit – by a baby turkey fleeing our
Day 8 – Clarkston WA to Kamiah ID – 72 miles Read More »
They say if your marriage survives the “7 year itch” there’s a good chance you’ll make it for another 7, 14, 21 or even 49 years. The same must be true for long distance cycling but on a different scale – days instead of years. Today was day 7 and we survived. We’re both a
Day 7 – Walla Walla to Clarkston, WA – 86 miles Read More »
WIND! MORE WIND !! THEN IT JUST GOT RIDICULOUS…. Today, we’re going to write about wind. Not the “I ate too many beans” wind, but rather, the atmospheric kind. We’re talking crosswinds and tailwinds. We started out in very windy conditions, which felt like a tailwind from the west. This propelled us at a far
Day 5 – Maryhill, WA to Umatilla, OR – 89 miles Read More »
Don’t you just love how we ended up at a winery? Yeah, we planned it that way. Good thing too cuz it was HOT HOT HOT out there. 95 degrees. Maryhill winery has a fun 7-wine flight tasting and great food – perfect spot to end the day overlooking the Columbia River Gorge. Today was
Day 4 – Hood River, OR to Maryhill Winery, WA – 48 miles Read More »
Beautiful scenery of Columbia River Gorgeous 🤣 and waterfalls. Carbo loading midday with 5 oz beer shots at Thunder Island Brewery (superb 104 IPA). Frightening riding 6 miles of Interstate 84. Trucks were very kind and most pulled into left lane, and at least the shoulder was 10 feet wide. Drivers have been good for
Day 3 – Portland to Hood River 61 Miles, 3900 foot elevation gain Read More »
We started out from Clatskanie OR in the rain. And cold. But the beautiful waterfalls and countryside were great diversions. Then we got onto State Road 30 – mostly 2 lanes of traffic whizzing by at 65 mph, for 55 miles into Portland, but at least with wide shoulders. We had our first tube puncture
Day 2 – Clatskanie to Portland , 82.5 miles Read More »
