Distance: 101.6 Miles
Climbing: 4,094ft
Ride Time: 6:26
Temp: 55-83
Today was a big milestone - we climbed up and over the Continental Divide! Great mountain views with a thrilling fast decent.
The humidity started climbing as we moved toward Bozeman providing some haze in our views. This was a significant change from the clear big blue skies we have had the entire trip. There is a front coming through just south of us with a risk of some short periods of rain tomorrow.
What is surprising about the weather is that even though it was in the low 80's, the sun felt continually hot and my Garmin bicycle computer had a high reading of 105 with the sun hitting the sensor. Riding was comfortable, but when we stopped the heat would hit.
The trip to Bozeman provided similar landscape that we had been through the last few days - Mountains followed by hilly plains ringed by mountains.
We also started seeing flattened snakes periodically with at least one being a rattle snake. During our high speed decent down from the Continental Divide I nearly hit a live snake trying to cross the road.
Pictures from today:
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| Leaving Butte |
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| Heading to the Continental Divide |
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| Another pass before lunch |
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| Hard to see, but there is snow on the peaks in the distance |
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