Tuesday, August 01, 2006

Still pedaling away...

Day 54 (August 1st)
Currently in Darby, Montana.
60 miles so far.

Day 53 (July 31st)
Wisdom, Montana
69 miles (3,321.6 miles total)

We climbed two passes and encountered some terrible headwinds for the second day. We sure are paying for that one day of incredible tailwinds.

Day 52 (July 30th)
Dillon, Montana
73 miles

We got over the pass with no problem at all, but later on in the day we encountered some of the worst winds!

Day 51 (July 29th)
rest day

After a late night, we decided to rest up in Ennis before climbing 2, 000 feet to get out of Ennis and enter Virginia City.

Day 50 (July 28th)
Ennis, Montana
86 miles

We left Yellowstone and entered Montana. Now we only have Montana, Idaho, and Oregon left to go! We also had the most powerful tailwind of the trip so far. We covered 40 miles in less than 2 hours. It was incredible.

Day 49 (July 27th)
Madison, Yellowstone National Park
76 miles

We saw Old faithful errupt and saw numerous geysers in Yellowstone. Yellowstone however did not compare to the beauty of the Grand Tetons.

Day 48 (July 26th)
Colter Bay
rest day...19 miles

We survived the bitter cold night and hiked 7 miles around Jenny Lake at the base of the Grand Tetons although no bears were to be seen, we did see some elk, a moose, and numerous pronghorns.

Day 47 (July 25th)
Jenny Lake in the Grand Tetons!!
81 miles

What we have all been wating for!

Day 46 (July 24th)
Wind River, WY
64 miles

A beautiful free campsite by the lovely Wind River.

Day 45(July 23rd)
Rest Day

Just when we thought we solved the problem of the flat tire syndrome we didn't make it out of Lander. It turns out we needed to buy rim tape to repace the rubber liner to cover the spoke holes which were causing the tubes to puncture. Although we figured out the problem, we were forced to take a rest day in order to wait for the bike shop to open the next day in order to buy more spare tubes. The rest day was greatly appreciated however. We also met a bunch of other bikers thoughout our stay!

Day 44 (July 22nd)
Lander City, WY
91 miles

Countless flat tires for Rose :( One for Maya

Day 43 (July 21st)
Lamont, WY
75 miles

Stayed in the back of Grandma's Cafe

Day 42 (July 20th)
Saratoga Springs, WY
68 miles traveled...12 miles hitchhiked due to a severe thunderstorm

We bathed in the Saratoga hot Springs!

We would also like to thank Rachel Doyon and Mathew Dalessio for their contributions to greencycling. Matt Dalessio completed the transamerica trail last summer and we are hoping to beat his time this year!

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