Week 2 Photos (Unedited)

Week 2 Photos

Day 12 Ennis, MT to West Yellowstone, Wy

Wind was the story of the day. Spent morning pedaling in a pace line with Wallace and Robert at ~ 9mph into a 15 mph headwind. Sagged into camp after lunch. Camped out side on the grass at nice RV park with WiFi. Forest fire downwind with a lot of smoke blowing away from us
My day
37 miles
1460 ft of climbing

Day 11 Townsend, Mt to Ennis, Mt

Left in what has been the norm lately cool morning which later warmed up to be a nice day. Stopped mid morning at a Pastry shop just after we crossed I90. Ride had two rather hard climbs on busy roads with rough shoulders complete with rumble strips. One nice downhill I hit 46mph, Robert 48 but Wallace was the speed champ at 50mph. Robert had a bad experience though his bike went unstable and he had a hard time controlling the shimmy. Not sure why. Slept inside again, much easier than tenting.
78.7 miles
6.15 hrs riding
12.5 ave mph
46 max mph
3472 feet of climbing

Day 10 Lincoln, Mt to Townsend, Mt

Very cold morning warming nicely later in the day. Had a good paceline going and then a weird thing happened, Roberts seat post bold broke and he had to sag 5 miles into the lunch stop. That was strange enough but even stranger was the fact that the very same seat bolt broke on my bike 1 hr later after lunch. I did a self rescue by riding 3 miles into the only bike shop within 100 miles in the town of Helena Mt. Rode like crazy by myself after leaving the bike shop stopping only to help Beth change a flat tire.
91 miles
2700 ft of climbing

Day 9 Missoula, MT to Lincolon, Mt

First day riding with Robert and Wallace. Started in Rain and it rained on and off most of the day. Stayed the night at Lincoln Public School. I think the campground where Ryan and Jesse stayed and where they were hassled by locals was right across the street. Sure enough at 2:20 in the morning some kids pushed a trash bin into Kimmarie's tent damaging both the tent and her bicycle which was inside the tent. Meanwhile Robert, Wallace and I were sleeping happily, blissfully unaware of these events inside on the gym floor. Had another lasagna dinner that would make about 6 in a row.
80 miles
3092 feet of climbing

Day 8 (Monday) Missoula, MT to Lincoln, MT

Robert and Wallace arrived yesterday and we rode together today. Woke up to cold and rain. Could not find my biking sleaves so I wore 2 wind breakers and survived the day OK. Scattered sunshine in the afternoon and the ride was beautiful. Most of the way along the banks of the Blackfoot river. For those that care to know my butt seams to be recovering.

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