Distance: 104.8 Miles
Climbing: 2,356ft
Ride Time: 5:28
Temp: 54-89
We finally got a good strong tale wind today!!! We have been battling head winds on and off this entire tour. With the favorable winds and steady decent to Columbus, this was pretty much an active recovery day - easy pedaling all day. No hard efforts.
The weather forecast had a chance of thunderstorms in the morning and late afternoon. We could see rain ahead and in the mountains as we left Bozeman, but fortunately it moved out without hitting us.
The views were very similar to the last couple of days. After doing some climbing around mountains coming out of Bozeman, the scenery gradually changed to primarily hills and farm land. I did not take many pictures today since all were so similar. The views were still great, but just more of the same. We crossed the Yellowstone river and passed some historical sites including the Lewis & Clark park.
The tour riders are generally focusing on this coming Thursday where we will face the biggest challenge of the entire tour - climbing the Little Big Horn Mountains with 14% grades. We are all riding easy now to be ready for the big day coming.
Pictures from today:
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| Jim with the big 12 mile pull along I-90 |
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| Close to Columbus |
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| Yellowstone River as we entered Columbus |
Mike,
ReplyDeleteThank you for the updates!! I am following along on your journey and quite frankly having a ball! What an inspiration you are!! This is so cool!!! I have always been impressed by you and have enjoyed our friendship, but this is something that puts you on another level of respect for me! I will be praying for you and your fellow riders tomorrow as you make the difficult climb through Little Big Horn. I am sure you will do just great!! Keep up the great work!!
Thanks,
Chris
Climb, Bro, Climb! We’re following you! <3 <><
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