Last night I stayed at the Lake Five Resort and spent a couple of hours with Ron, the proprietor. At 60 years of age, he never lost the 1960's-70's outlook. He fasts once a year, makes a great vegetable soup (which he shared with me), skis telemark style, and loves classic FM rock. He was fun to talk to.
My ride on hiway 2 took me up the last major pass: Marias. I climbed about 1700 ft in 17 miles, and so it wasn't bad.
Since this is the c-divide, it's basically all down hill from here. :)
I couple of days ago, I bought a helmet mirror and gradually have learned to use it. With the narrow and sandy shoulders on hiway 2, it was a great help. I was able to stay on the road and still have time to move to the shoulder when traffic approached from behind.
I'm camping tonight at a little RV park and here I met 10 college students talking a class while bike touring. They are studying resource sustainability by visiting various sites such as coal mines, wind farms, etc. We had some very interesting conversations.
That's Blake, Emile and Noah and here's their blog site: www.wrfi.net/cycletherockies.
Product Recommendation: I had some chafing yesterday. Today I used some Button Hole. I was comfortable all day long.
Tomorrow the road levels and I'm hoping for a tailwind. I need to get some miles in.
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Location:East Glacier
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