Chinook (yesterdays destination) means warm winds, which we definitely experienced. We fought winds all day and my great average of 16.4 the day before dropped to 13.4 today. It was pretty much miserable the entire time. My body is breaking down; my knees hurt, my shoulder hurts, my hands hurt...etc. Ice ice ice is the name of the game now.
In the morning I did get to see a hawk flying really low to the ground about 100 feet from the road. It's wing were completely spread out. I've never seen a hawk that close in the wild before. It was very cool. Besides that I tried to start another cow stampede by mooing at a herd today, but it didn't work. My mooing is pretty weak unfortunately.
The highlight of the yesterday was seeing mountains pop up on the horizon. On the map you can see some formations starting to appear before Glacier and we saw those today. It was great to look out and see something other than bluffs. The other great thing is that one of Chinook's major industries is forestry, which means...there are trees! Suddenly things are starting to turn green again and that feels good.
Today I decided to ride in the van to let things recover. I don't want to push myself too far before climbing the mountains we are about to encounter. The van is pretty uneventful; I read, napped, listened to music, ate.
Work on your mooing skills. You know how important mooing skills are to ensure success in life. ~Mooky
ReplyDeleteThis was a perfect day to recuperate, the eighth day of an eleven-day run. With this kind of physical stress, it pays to know when to rest. Now you have three days and a build day, then three days and a day off. Your last seven days of riding end with 2 very low mileage days. So I say that you are out of the grind part of the trip. I was glad to hear that you were checking out boots in Montana...seems fitting. Cannot wait for your posts from the Rockies...Love, Mom
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