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Ride Day #15 Drummond MT to East Helena MT. THEY GOT IN A FULL DAY OF RIDING!
They are mounting up in Drummond MT with a temperature of 43° at 8:07. They are Headed to Garrison and then Helena. For you flatlanders around Savannah MO, it’s pronounced Helena. After a couple of stops to shed clothes they are back on after 12 miles. The temperature is up to 49° After 20 miles…
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April Statistics
Happy first day of May! Here are our statistics from the month of April. We are luck only having one day where the guys did not ride at all! Only a few more days until the 1/3 of the way across the country mark gets here. Date From To Distance (miles) Climb (feet) Map /…
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Ride Day #14 Sha-Ron River Access to Drummond MT
The guys are getting ready to mount their rides at the Sha-Ron River Access Point heading east to Garrison. We already have a room reserved so they will ride what they can. The temperature is 37° at about 0830. Another break after 10 miles and then one in Drummond. A nice ride after lunch and…
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Ride Day #13 Alberton MT to Sha-Ron River Access Point MT
We are COMPLETELY Off of THE Spreadsheet! The guys ate breakfast and got kicked out of the hotel because of no vacancies for tonight. we made it back to the begin area and they were on their bikes before 0900. The temperature was 46°. Alan read a sign that said there were 4 different species…
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Ride Day #12 St Regis MT to Alberton MT
After a couple of team meetings, looking at the spreadsheet, and internet searches it was determined that about 40 miles of tomorrow’s ride would be on gravel. Once again we decided to deviate from the spreadsheet and reroute. The goal for today is 72 miles. We got a “late” start due to the cold temperature…
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Ride Day #11 Kellogg ID to St Regis MT
The guys are riding over Lookout Pass today from Kellogg ID to St Regis MT. Temperature is 39°. They are leaving at about 0835 PST. Buck is hoping a bike shop in Wallace ID is open to get an adjustment made. I found the bike shop, they rent e-bikes. He said our riders would be…
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4/26 NO RIDE DAY! RAIN DAY & 42°!
The team met at McDonald’s to decide a plan for the day. One vote for ride as far as they can. The other for ride 10 miles and re-evaluate. Steve & Brenda from Murray ID were at the next booth and overheard the business meeting. Steve told a couple of stories about the local wildlife.…
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Ride Day #10 Tekoa WA to Kellogg ID
The guys are climbing on their bikes in Tekoa WA heading to Kellogg ID. The temperature is 55° @ 0850. The 1st about 14 miles is on highway then they hit the Coeur d’ Alenes Trail for the rest of the day. We are in hopes that we will have cell coverage today & the…
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Ride Day #9 Endicott to Tekoa.
The guys started out in Endicott with tentative plans to make Tekoa. There was some rerouting done as the old path was on gravel. This may even be a little flatter. At the 1st break at 10 miles they had averaged 10mph into the wind. The second break is where we got gas this morning.…
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Ride Day #8 Othello to Endicott WA with NO positive lodging in site
This is a two day/116 mile ride according to the spreadsheet. Today is the 1st 1/2. The boys are headed out from Othello to LaCrosse…65 miles today. Temperature is 46° at 0815. They wanted about 10 miles to warm up. “Someone” missed a turn and had to make a detour to get on the right…
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