We avoided the snow storms going over Maria's Pass into East Glacier, but the next day as we left Brownies Hostel, our vision of sailing onto the easier, downhill, east Montana plains was dashed. The Day we left East Glacier it was cold, raining, and a stiff head wind greeted us. We fought our way to Browning and had lunch at a Subway there. The rain and cold slowly subsided though the winds continued. We stopped at a motel in Shelby after 73 miles.
The next day the rain and wind continued. It was Labor Day. We decided to take our first zero day in Shelby. Nothing was open in town except a couple of restaurants. We mostly laid around and rested, which was good. I did a software update on my phone (which had been pending for days) and ended-up with a corrupted micro-sd card. Arrrgh! I had to pull my micro sd card and replace it in the hopes I could later recover my photos, music, maps, documents, and so on.
We got back on the road the day after Labor day with favorable winds and rode 105 miles into Havre. Our first century! In the following days we completed 3 more century rides and over 570 miles in 6 days... and not in the most favorable conditions.
On one century ride day we dealt with a 20mph cross-wind, hills, 6' wide rumble strips, 75mph traffic, and darkness. That day ranks up there with nightmares... another story for another day.
We are in Bismark North Dakota in the central time zone today. 15mph cross winds out of the north and a frost advisory. Heres to long distance tour cycling!
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| Leaving East Glacier in a rainy, cold, headwind |
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| Arriving at a motel in Shelby after 72 Grueling Miles |
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| Arriving in Havre on Tuesday 9/6 after the winds shifted to our favor |
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| Our host Lindsay Brown in Havre |
Very impressed with the mileages you are covering in such difficult conditions! Multiple century days! Liking the beard Jonathan. Keep going - you are doing amazingly well - got to beat those snows!
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