A Ride in the Country: More Climbs / Warmer Temps

Tuesday, June 28, 2016

More Climbs / Warmer Temps

Left. Lincolm and climbed to Flesher Pass (about 6,100 ft). Great 15 mile downhill to lunch near Helena,the state Capitol

From there to Townsend our overnight town. It got really hot but again no humidity

The vast vistas are ever changing from lush mountain forest to dry rangeland

Looking forward to a good night sleep.

This store in the middle of.nowhere has everything.

State Capitol

The first crossing of the Missouri River....no deeper than a small creek.

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About the Ride

For many years one of the items on my “bucket list” has been a cross country bike ride. It looks like this summer it will happen. Bright and early on Sunday, June 19, I will join up with my brother-in-law and several other riders in Seattle, to begin an adventure that will take us through 7 states and across the Cascade and Rocky Mountains. We plan to join our RAGBRAI team near Council Bluffs and will end the ride with Team Animals at the Mississippi River near Davenport, Iowa, on July 30.

The 3000 +/- mile ride will take us through some extraordinary country. Devil’s Tower, West Yellowstone and Jackson Hole are only few of the cool places we will see. Over the 37 days we will climb a total of 113,000 feet.

I have been training since the fall and still have a way to go but am looking forward to the challenge and adventure.

Depending on my access to the internet along the route, I plan to use this blog to chronicle the trip for anyone who might find my trek of some interest.