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, and rain jacket. We were pretty chilly starting out and I thought I’d warm up. After a couple miles, we… 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 beginning the 40 mile ride with 2 climbs to Helena. The road was steep and washed out in places, so… 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 to the gas station in Seeley Lake. I ate a breakfast sandwich, breakfast burrito, and a donut. We also bought… 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 straighten your knee a lot when you ride bikes all day. I shot a text to my good friend Erin… 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 day down the rest of the descent before Red Meadow Pass. Based on reports from the riders ahead, we were… 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 climbing on a gravel road then turned onto a trail. The singletrack was fun until the trail turned into a… Read More »Great Divide Day 3
We woke up to rain this morning in Elkford and decided to take Dave’s suggestion to detour around Koko Claims. We rode pavement to Sparwood where we had breakfast and saw a huge mining truck. Dave gave us the tip to use the trailforks app to find a trail to… Read More »Great Divide Day 2
Today’s the day! Day 1 of the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route. We ended up with a later start than we expected since we had a last minute mechanical issue. We contact Dave, a local mechanic, to see if he could help us out. Dave had what we needed and… Read More »Great Divide Day 1
We arrived in Banff on Wednesday evening in an RV. Andrew’s parents helped us get here and we are thankful for their support! On the way we drove by the world’s only corn palace, Mt. Rushmore, watched a beautiful sunset in Montana, and stopped by the Garmin office in Cochrane.… Read More »Getting to Banff
On a Saturday morning bike ride in Baldwin City, KS, we stopped at a diner to fill up on greasy breakfast food before we meandered on gravel roads for a long day of riding. As we grabbed our loaded bikes off the patio, an older man, tall and hearty with… Read More »Someday We’ll Ride the Divide