Day 7 was a short day - 79 miles with a moderate climb. We biked through a broad valley, up over a 7160 foot pass, and down another broad valley. We have been so fortunate to have excellent weather the first week. Our good fortune ran out today. An hour into the ride we caught a cold rain with vicious headwinds. No place to hide so we traveled on. By lunch we had dried out and life was good again. A strong tailwind pushed us along in the afternoon. Then mid-afternoon we caught another storm - this one with big rain and hail. Luckily just a few minutes into the storm we reached a little town - Moore. No stores in town but we found a church that was open. We avoided the storm and were even invited for dinner and sunday school, but our chef was expecting us in Arco.
Most of us appreciated the shorter day. Long days of biking mean not much relaxing. We typically pull in 6:00 to 7:00, have some refreshments, shower, have an excellent dinner, maybe more refreshments. Then calls to family (some of us more calls than others), laundry, and blogging. First we look for your comments - thank you. Then we download Garmin, download our pictures, pick pictures to blog, and write the blog. Our ability to add pictures depends alot on our internet connection and lately we've been in the middle of nowhere. Hopefully tonight we'll make it.
Roe
Glad you had a short day, so you can rest and
ReplyDeleteon with a new day. Love you comments and pictures. Julie, 5 men to take care of, you are amazing! Jan
Way to ride! Following your adventure daily and enjoying your posts. You guys are an inspiration. Really enjoy looking at the Garmin Map My Ride stats - pretty cool.
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ReplyDeleteYour son Isaac and I felt real strong yesterday on the Tour de Tonka. Then we got back to his place, read your blog and realized we have a long way to go. We missed you and Garreth on the Tour.
It sounds as though you are having the time of your lives. Keep climbing and have fun.
-Bill Ruder
Great job team coast to coasters. You really are the best role models we believe or are you all just a little crazy! I am looking forward to riding with you in Wyoming on Thursday wait 139 miles and a pass over 9600 feet . Holy cow maybe I should stay home and attend the Mower county fair and indulge in mini donuts and beer. Julie look over the list and call me when you are relaxing as usual......
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I know from hunting just a little northeast of there how fast the weather can change, so I'm glad to hear you found the church open. Heck, you all might have needed a little churching-up anyway. Again, it's been great reading your blog each morning (or talking to Jerry U. each night). Take care. - Brandon
ReplyDeleteWe have a new routine around here. Get up and check your blog! It's such fun to see where you are and to live vicariously through your amazing adventure. Now when I go to the gym and ride the bike I've stopped complaining! Glad you managed the storms yesterday, though that sounded a bit dicey with wind and hail! Stay safe and well.
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I'm just catching up from the last few days and it sounds like you guys are in "cruise" mode and all is well! This website is very cool, I love looking at each days ride.... ...of course I am just staring at a computer screen, you have to actually ride it...
ReplyDeleteHope to see you in Wabasha..!
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ReplyDeleteI have ridden this part of idaho so i can picture the beauty and the beast it can be. I spent a wet night trying to dry out in arco so dry is good. Keep blogging and pics...very inspiring!