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Monday 9th June 2014
East Glacier Park, Montana. Left Shelby at 7am. 70 miles. Average speed 9.4mph. A lot warmer than yesterday. Thermal top and shorts. Climbing all day into an horrific headwind. Took picture of Rockies about 30 miles away. The conditions were so bad it nearly cycled the cycling out of me. Hopefully tomorrow will be easier!
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| Rockies in the Distance |
Tuesday 10th June 2014
Kalispell, Montana. 88 miles. Average speed 13.6mph. Left East Glacier Park at 6am. Very cold in the mountains but no wind. Climb about 12 miles up to Continental Divide, then lots of beautiful scenery to West Glacier for breakfast. Traffic quite bad in Kalispell but found a Motel 6. Also changed the tyres today, front to back etc. Much easier ride than yesterday.
Wednesday 11th June 2014
Libby, Montana. 91 miles. Average speed 12.7mph. Left Kalispell at 6am. Very cold and misty. Climbing right from the start with a slight wind against me. As soon as I got into the forests the wind left me. Planned to stop for breakfast at a place called Happy Inn but both diners were shut. Had to carry onto Libby before I could get food. Ten miles from Libby big roadworks, again surface like a dirt track. Then one of workers diverted me down a minor road so I missed more of the same. Found a good motel and the people were nice and friendly. Picture shows one of long descents.
Thursday 12th June 2014 |
Sandpoint, Idaho. 87 miles. Average speed 12.8mph. Left Libby at 6am. Cold and in winter gear. Climbing straight away. Soon warmed up though. Now in thermal top and shorts. After 32 miles crossed the state line into Idaho. Now into the Pacific Time Zone and 8 hours behind UK time. Also finished with Highway 2 today, started riding on it in Michigan! Had a nice breakfast in a place called Bonner's Ferry and found a good hotel.
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| State line in to Idaho |
Friday 13th June 2014
Plummer, Idaho. 81 miles. Average speed 12mph. Left Sandpoint at 7am. Warmer than last few days. But the wind was there to meet me. Thermal top and shorts. Started to get colder though, good job there was plenty of little up hills. Stop for breakfast at a place called Hayden. Traffic was quite heavy in a place Coeur d'Alene, but this was nothing compared to the climb out. Then the big hills kept coming together with wind made it a hard ride. When I entered Plummer there was a group of cyclists by a trailer parked up. Turned out they were an organised group of Venture cyclists riding from Seattle to New York. They were really nice friendly people who made me feel welcome. Best of luck to them and may they all have a save journey.
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Saturday 14th June 2014
Lewiston, Idaho. 83 miles. Average 11.6mph. Left Plummer at 6am. Very cold and misty, and a 3 mile climb out of town. Then it started raining which lasted for about 5 hours. Had breakfast at Potlash Junction. Front mech playing up so had to go to bike shop. Might have change bar bag, brake lever can't move far enough when changing 28 to 39 chain rings. Spectacular views overlooking Lewiston, then 6 mile descent.
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Sunday 15th June 2014
Walla Walla, Washington State. 96 miles. Average speed 11.1mph. Left Lewiston at 7am and within a mile passed into Washington State. Gears still not right. Then a 12 mile climb out of valley to 2,800ft. Then the wind came to meet me again. 20-25mph into me across open land. Massive climbs I can cope with, but with the wind hitting me as well made it suicidal at times. Again no food on route so it was a banana and an ice cream at Dayton.
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