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Day #64 I was able to get into a dentist in the morning and have my crown permanently fixed. It was a lot of waiting, but it just gave me time to read. I’m still reading, “Autobiography of a Yogi”. After the dentist, I walked around Missoula. Got some lunch, went to an art museum, […]

Slept well last night, except for the occasional train running through town in the middle of the night. I started biking at 6:15. It was 55 degrees and I just wore shorts and a T shirt. I biked down the frontage road to I-90 for 10 miles. Then I deviated from the Komoot route. Komoot

I slept in until 5:30, and was able to have breakfast at the hotel (I had been leaving the hotel before breakfast lately). While at breakfast I met Dan who was biking the Great Divide route. We chatted for a while, which was nice. I was riding at 7:00. Still had to start with cold

I woke up before my 4:30 alarm and slowly started getting ready to ride. I was biking at dawn (5:45). It was only 50 degrees to start. The first 20 miles were a continuation of the downhill from Bozeman Pass, except without the headwind. So, I made good progress to start my day – all

I woke up to my alarm at 4:00, thinking that I could start biking at 5:00. But, as I keep moving west, the sun rises a little later each day. At 5:00, it was too dark, so I had to wait until 5:15 to start. It was cold again in the morning – only 47

As is my practice lately, I got up early to get some miles in before the winds picked up. I was biking by 5:30. It was a cold morning. Only 45 degrees to start and the temperature wasn’t expected to reach 70. I had on my leg warmers, full finger gloves, and an extra long

Day #57 was a rest day. I had finished riding the last nine days straight, and felt that I needed a rest. I had made good progress in those nine days – covering 720 miles. Today’s winds would have been a 10 to 15 mph headwind, which also helped me make the decision to rest.

I woke up to my alarm at 5:30 and was on the bike a little after 6:30. I wanted an early start to avoid the winds that were going to be in my face and building during the day to 10+ mph. It was 60 degrees to start the day and cloudy. As I left

I woke up at 4:00 am, got ready and was biking at 5:00. Main reason for the early start was the weather. The forecast was for strong winds out of the SE, which would be a tailwind for me, but the high temperature was forecast for 95 degrees. I wanted to take full advantage of