SOME STATISTICS OF THE RIDE TO FARGO:
Distance: 1803.83 miles, of which I biked 1658
Elevation Gain: 59,269 ft (Mt. Everest is 29,028 ft)
Calories: 81,228
Max Distance: 96.56
Max Speed: 39.8 mph (my personal best-something I will never see again)
Average Daily Distance: 62.20 miles
Elevation Gain: 59,269 ft (Mt. Everest is 29,028 ft)
Calories: 81,228
Max Distance: 96.56
Max Speed: 39.8 mph (my personal best-something I will never see again)
Average Daily Distance: 62.20 miles
AND HERE ARE SOME RANDOM PHOTOS:
Montana scenery. We spent almost two weeks of the five weeks in Montana, and its scenery was always beautiful, changing, and interesting.
Ourmost impressive grade for going down a hill (up was even more!)
Each day the Subaru sag vehicle appeared at about every 15 or 20 miles to be sure we were eating and drinking enough, and to check us off the list. The sag drivers were like Li'l Bo Peep, shepherding wayward cyclists and making sure we didn't get lost. So the Subaru was known as Bo Peep. Note that the sheep are on bicycles.
We were always aware of trains in Montana, and sometimes in North Dakota, and they passed by every half-hour or hour, with container cars bearing names like Hyundai, China Shipping, and Kanjin -- right there on the prairie.
Here's one of many mailboxes, seemingly in the middle of nowhere, leading to homes so far away we couldn't see them. There were also school bus stop signs, so I imagined kids growing up a mile down a dirt road, catching the bus to civilization each day.
Ourmost impressive grade for going down a hill (up was even more!)
Each day the Subaru sag vehicle appeared at about every 15 or 20 miles to be sure we were eating and drinking enough, and to check us off the list. The sag drivers were like Li'l Bo Peep, shepherding wayward cyclists and making sure we didn't get lost. So the Subaru was known as Bo Peep. Note that the sheep are on bicycles.
We were always aware of trains in Montana, and sometimes in North Dakota, and they passed by every half-hour or hour, with container cars bearing names like Hyundai, China Shipping, and Kanjin -- right there on the prairie.
Here's one of many mailboxes, seemingly in the middle of nowhere, leading to homes so far away we couldn't see them. There were also school bus stop signs, so I imagined kids growing up a mile down a dirt road, catching the bus to civilization each day.
After biking up Going to the Sun Road to the top of Logan Pass (the Continental Divide), I went to the Park Visitors Center there. The pass had only been open for a week when we were there, and this remaining snowbank gives an idea why!
There will be one more blog entry before I conclude this "bucket list" adventure, and I'll show you some of the people I especially enjoyed on this ride.
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