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NO RIDE DAY! Site seeing in Lemmon SD
We had breakfast at Brenda’s Tumbleweed Cafe in Watauga. PLEASE order a full order of hash browns! The locals WILL laugh at you! The place doesn’t look like it’s open but Brenda can lay it out! She was a stunt double in Dances With Wolves. We visited with Jim Hesslegrave who was staying at the…
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Ride Day #24 White Butte SD to McIntosh SD
Climbing on their bikes at White Butte SD at 0816 at a temperature of 54° into a slight wind. “Late Start” due to not knowing how far they were going to ride & finding lodging. The decision was made to RIDE! In the way out to White Butte there were some big sprinkles hitting the…
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Ride Day #23 Baker MT to White Butte SD
The call this morning is Put on Your Sunscreen. FULL SUN this morning & a favorable tailwind. With a temperature of 45° they climbed on at 0818. Glad to be leaving Montana 675 miles 26,000ft of climb 13 days. Treat us right North Dakota! HELLO NORTH DALOTA! They said 13 miles was a nice distance…
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Day #22 From about 22 miles east of Miles City MT to Baker MT
AND they’re off! 0815 at 51° from about 22 miles east of Miles City MT. They hadn’t gone a mile and spotted speed goats. At the top of a hill Alan said give us 5 miles but don’t stray to far. AND we are in a rain delay at 0945! Back on the bikes at…
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Ride Day #21 Derby Day! Forsyth MT to 22 miles east of Miles City MT
Riders Up was the call at 0920 with a temperature of 65°. They were wearing their Derby Hats! They wanted 10 miles and then another 5 miles w/o a break. After a short break they wanted 11miles. I asked them what the goal for today was & they said 10 miles past Miles city. A…
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Ride Day #20 11 miles east of Lavina junction to (the spreadsheet says Melstone) but I also heard a Century OR Forsyth MT OR as far as they could go in the late start with a tailwind. FORSYTH
HUGE DAY TODAY! The guys are getting in the last of the 1st 1,000 miles today. They are taking off from MM157 east of Lavina MT at 0932 with a temperature of 61°. Alan wanted me to only go a couple of miles since he had t ridden at all since the adjustment & new…
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Ride Day #19 Townsend MT to 11 miles east of Lavina MT junction
The guys are getting ready to take off 0750. Just 49 miles today & then a trip to a bike shop for some adjustments. The temperature is 46°. They wanted 5 miles in case they needed a clothing adjustment. On the way to 5 miles they encountered a cow on the right of way with…
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Ride Day #18 MT DOT Deer Creek Station to Harlowton MT
They are back on their bikes at 0835 with a temperature of 42° leaving the Montana DOT Deer Creek Station. “Don’t go far we don’t know if we have the right clothes on”. I didn’t go far and they asked me if I saw the speed goats that were in the field…nope I missed them.…
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Ride Day #17 Townsend MT to MT Department of Transportation Barn about 4 miles past the summit
The ride is scheduled for 42 miles today and the boys are starting out with a cold 51° due to the wind. They said they wanted 8 miles to start and then decide what clothes to change to. Alan decided to try his safety yellow rain pants and a shot of Diet Coke and they…
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Ride Day #16 East Helena MT to Townsend MT. Against the wind the entire time. Day 16. East Helena MT to Townsen. Only 28 miles. 1041 feet of climb. LoL
The guys woke up early this morning but because of the temperature weren’t in a hurry to start. We headed to breakfast where we met Tim. Buck overheard him talking with a grunt and said he was in the Philippines. I had to go ask Tim a question and found out he was an Ash…
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