June 2018

The cyclists we shared a tent site with got up early. Their stirring woke us up but I wasn’t quite ready to leave my sleeping bag yet. Once I finally… Read More »Great Divide Day 12

Our clothes were mostly dry in the morning, but the weather was not. We had coffee and oatmeal with our new friends and dilly dallied getting ready to head back… Read More »Great Divide Day 11

When the alarm went off at 5 today, we were ready to get up after 8 hours of sleep. A quick start turned slow when we got to the wet… Read More »Great Divide Day 10

We were glad we were indoors when we woke up to heavy rain in the morning. There were 12 other Tour Divide riders staying at the lodge last night too.… Read More »Great Divide Day 9

Some days it’s hard to get out of your warm sleeping bag. Today was one of those days. I’ve typically started riding with shorts, rain pants, long sleeve shirt, vest,… Read More »Great Divide Day 8

When I woke up, my legs and knees felt the best they have since we started. We ate some high calorie food we bought from a gas station yesterday before… Read More »Great Divide Day 7

Last night we finally shut our eyes at 1am. It was warmer than the past few nights so we slept pretty well until 6am when we got up and rolled… Read More »Great Divide Day 6

After a good night’s sleep at the B&B in Ferndale, I woke up with a lot of pressure when I bent my knee. Turns out you have to bend and… Read More »Great Divide Day 5

After a cold and restless night of sleep, we woke up to dreary but dry weather. We were halfway down Whitefish Pass so we bundled up to start off the… Read More »Great Divide Day 4

We woke up to another wet morning. We waited for the rain to slow a bit before we got out of our tent and packed up camp. We immediately began… Read More »Great Divide Day 3