Day 61 Three Churches

7/27/18

Imagine a third of the riders with diarrhea, nausea, and vomiting in a small cramped park with a simple outhouse and a pump spigot from a well for water. Even this is beyond a normal “getting out of your comfort zone”.

This year things turn out much better.

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Day 60 Meeting Needs in the Panhandle

7/26/18

Contrasts in life are essential…

salt and pepper, black and white, hot and cold, Jesuit Priests and Whores…welcome to the Panhandle of Idaho.

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Day 59 The Beauties of Montana

7/25/18

48 miles in I suddenly remember the ride…memory is such a fickle thing. This morning other riders asked me what the day would be like and for the life of me I could recall nothing…a blank slate.

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Day 58 Koocanusa Lake

7/24/18

Getting lost and surviving it with a smile is a sign of maturity on the ride. Hats off to both Wildflowers today who both logged extra miles…not me…

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Day 57 Eureka

7/23/18

So far we have flirted with our neighbor to the North but never been within 30 miles of the border except back East a million years ago at Niagara Falls.

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Day 56 Rest Day with Rick and Fran

7/22/18

Today is a rest day with Rick and Fran.

I slept next to these beauties last night.

Day 55 Raising the Flag

7/21/18

Regardless of the strength every metal accumulates stress and reaches a breaking point.

So too does the human mind and body on these rides.

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Day 54 Going to the Sun Road

7/20/18

Today we all get up early so that we will be on the road as the sun rises painting the valley ahead.

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Day 53 Transformations

7/19/18

Today for the first time on the ride we start with the Rockies in clear view. The majestic snow capped peaks span the entire horizon to the West as far as the eye can see.

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They seem an impenetrable Wall and I wonder how the original settlers must have gasped at the idea of crossing them in covered wagons.

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Day 52 Yet Again

7/18/18

Today we leave early at 6 AM. Zephyrus has waken from his deep sleep and his Immortal Lover is nowhere to be seen. In a fury he decides today is a good day to seek vengeance on us again.

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