Today I biked from Dickey Lake to West Glacier. I am pooped. I'm not sure if it's the altitude or something else, but biking today was rough!
My Adventure Cycling maps are very good at keeping you off the main highway as much as possible, but I was cursing to myself at the end of the day today when it lead me to a road of which 3 miles were gravel. Uphill gravel biking with a full load, after you've already biked 60 miles can really get a girl down, let me tell you.
I had the craziest fated moment today in Whitefish. I had stopped there for lunch, and as I was cycling out of town I stopped at a light behind a guy who was also solo touring. We started chatting, and it turns out he's biking from Ann Arbor!! I've been debating the best way to get there (my maps don't cover it), considering I don't know which highways are good for biking, etc. He had all sorts of info that he emailed me! What luck.
Now I've splurged on a motel before going over Marias Pass tomorrow. Now that I'm clean, I can tell how much my clothes stink-you win some, you lose some, I guess!
P.S. I found a taco truck and ate a burrito the size of a newborn. Mmmm.
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Saturday: Emi has turned on the SPOT tracking feature and you can follow her progress as she grinds her way up the pass in Glacier:
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