Hot Rubber

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I wrote a long and excellent blog post. I hadn't saved it and then the laptop suddenly restarted, losing everything. It's late and I have no patience to write it again. Here's a short summary:

- Yesterday's riding was miserable with headwinds all day. It took 11 hours out on the road.
- We met an Irish cyclist named Jamie from West Galway. He told us if we're in his village of Clifton we have a place to stay.
- Someone dropped condiment packets on the road. I intentionally rode over a mustard. It went SPLAT and was fun.
- We rode 60 miles to a town called Browning.

- Today had beautiful scenery. We climbed to the top of Marias Pass, over 5,000 feet at the Continental Divide.
- We bypassed most of Glacier National Park due to fire road closures. Riding to the closure and then doubling back would have added 2 days to the ride.
- There are stunning streams and forest here.
- The owner of the campground we are at is a Grade A shishkebob and was nasty for no reason.
- Tomorrow we ride to Whitefish. We are still in Montana. Montana is enormous.

Thankfully we took a lot of photos. They will have to tell the rest of the tale.

Found this free tee shirt at the side of the road. Catch and release.

By what measure? We had a great lunch here at a placed called "Garden of Eat-In"

The mountains begin to take shape

Bison reserve outside of Browning, MT

There were hundreds

Sun was in and out all day

In a small town called East Glacier. We had fry bread here. (Native-American flat, fried bread.) Tasty.

The train always keeping us company

Long slog up here. Headwinds as we climbed.

Found this lounge chair at a campground rest stop.

Dangerous. Didn't want to go again after this.

Rapturous descent.

Stone waterfall

The water is extraordinarily clear up here.



Comments

  1. CheriAugust 31, 2018 at 11:07 PM

    Thank you for the re-cap after the frustration of losing your entry and thank you for the great pictures! Your Dad rode today and was very tired on his return.

    Ride safely.

    Cheri

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  2. the Old GuySeptember 1, 2018 at 8:34 AM

    51 torturous miles today. Went down one very long, fairly steep hill at 11 mph because of head wind. Should have been doing 30 mph. 90 degrees at times. A CHP pulled over at one point to ask if I was ok in the heat. Had some cramping on the road and then locked up entirely once I got home. Not fun. 3,200 feet of climbing. Might rest for a day or two. I thought this was supposed to be fun?

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  3. UnknownSeptember 2, 2018 at 12:05 PM

    Thanks for still giving us something, always good to read. Sorry for the frustrations of hills, computers, and nasty campground owners, may tomorrow be better.
    Take care and keep going, we think you're incredible (crazy, but incredible!!) xx

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