We had a well deserved rest day in Havre, Montana yesterday and we all are staying in a motel because it has been rainy for the past 3 days and the campground was flooded. It was nice sleeping in a real bed after tenting for the past two weeks. Spent the day doing wash, visiting a museum and going on an underground tour in the town. Our group has been a big hit at the hotel taking over the breakfast room for dinners and cards. Most in the group now know how to play Euker and Hearts. It has been so much fun that we don't even mind the rain and cold.
There is 3 miles of unpassible road out of town here that bikes can't ride so we rented a Uhaul truck to transport all the bikes through the construction zone. We loaded bikes last night and are shuttling riders this morning. Five of us are waiting for the second shuttle. The sun is shinning and a westerly wind so we should be in good shape.
The tail wind was so strong today that we did 85 miles in 4.5 hours and averaged 18+ miles per hour. Russ has become a really strong rider and a couple of days he leaves me in the dust.
June 20 - Multa, Montana to Glasglow, Montana - 72 miles. Again a great tail wind but today we took the route that had us going on 12 miles of gravel road. Russ, Jim and Diana did fine with their bikes but I had a hard time on my bike because it is carbon and not heavy enough for gravel. All the other bikers stayed on the highway route. Our route was more scenic as it took us through a wildlife reserve. Saw many long billed curlew, ducks, red winged blackbirds, and other birds that we couldn't identify.
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| Uhaul truck to get all the bikes across a detour of 3 miles outside Havre, Montana |
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