STATS I only woke up once to a dream where a bear growled (roared? bear’d?) outside of my tent and I internally screamed but couldn’t make noise otherwise and then I woke up. You know what sounds like footsteps or animals walking about, one’s pulse beating against a Micro Puff jacket’s material. The quieter you…
Day Eighteen – West Yellowstone, MT to Grant Village, WY
STATS Good news first: I lost Chapstick #2 but found my chapstick #1. Also, I hit the 1,00 mile mark! But, chapstick!!! Sleeping in a bed was terrific. I still woke up early. With staying in this hostel, as part of the package, they give you $10 to the cafe next door. That covered breakfast…
Day Seventeen – Ennis to West Yellowstone, MT
STATS I woke up from behind the distillery early. Throughout the trip, I’ve woken up early but haven’t been on the bike early. It’s terribly hard to talk yourself into getting moving again knowing you have many miles and several hours of that thing the the remainder of the day. I packed up everything as…
Day Sixteen – Dillon to Ennis, MT
STATS I woke up early, as I do regrettably. I took my time getting ready. Making coffee of my own with the help of the Bike Walk Southwest Montana’s electric kettle. I sat on the porch for a bit as the temperature was nice with a jacket but it also helped knowing I could go…
Day Fifteen – Wisdom to Dillon, MT
STATS I woke up to my first frost this morning. Sleeping at higher than 6000ft! It was to be expected. The tent was warm-ish but I was mummied up and with layers on. I knew the cafe would be open at 7am so as I awoke at 6:30, I began to pack. I didn’t do…
Day Fourteen – Hamilton to Wisdom, MT
STATS I didn’t sleep all that well st the fair last night waking up a time or two throughout the evening but managed to sleep until my alarm.v I’ve set my alarm for who knows why because I have pressed snooze like I do at home only this time, it’s so that I don’t have…
Day Thirteen – Missoula to Hamilton, MT
STATS My plan was to leave Chad’s house and Missoula closer to 8am but turns out it’s terribly difficult to drag yourself out of a real bed, with cool temperatures because it was too nice to sleep with the windows closed. I finally dragged myself out from underneath the covers and began packing my items…
Day Eleven – Lochsa River Lodge to Missoula, MT
STATS I slept great. It was easy to since there were no dogs, I rode almost 90 miles and I was clean. It was chilly outside of the tent but I was warm inside. I got up just before 6 because that’s why I do when I go to bed at 9 having exercised for…
Day Ten – Kooskia, ID to Lochsa River Lodge
STATS Sleeping on the river was terrific. I didn’t have the rain fly on so it was nice and cool in the tent and sleeping bag. Right around 3am dogs from across the river began barking. James and I woke up and began shining a light that way. We had convinced ourselves we were about…
Day Nine – White Bird, ID to Kooskia, ID
STATS I woke up ready to go. It was 645 and by the time we could get packed up and out of town, it would be nearly 8am. I crawled out of the tent to the ghost town that is white bird in the morning. Couldn’t quite figure out why the cafe, which was supposed…