This morning, from my recommendation as Patrol Leader, we woke up at 4:30am. Unfortunately after packing up in 35 minutes and getting to the gas station in 45 minutes, we realized that it was not going to open for another 45 minutes (6:00am).
Big Sky Country, Big Wind Country
After waiting for 45 minutes, we finally got breakfast. Breakfast for me this morning was muffins and a Hershey’s bar. This let me stay energized until mile 30. Most of the people did not get much food beyond breakfast this morning. Today, they certainly learned from their mistake. Fortunately I got lots of food beyond breakfast.
After having the gas station stop, we were on the road. Right away we could feel the headwinds zapping away our energy and making us go slower. We took 3 mile pulls which were very hard while we did them, however left us lots of time in between pulls. After what felt like an eternity, we were at the rest stop. All day today, we did not go through a single town - the rest stop was no exception.
After these 31 miles, most people did not have any more food, which was bad for the group morale. We continued to take 3 mile pulls until our stop at 43 miles. As the day was progressing, the headwind became stronger. Also as the day was progressing, the worse the condition of the road.
After resting (and some people eating), we biked 12 more miles to our next stop. This 12 miles felt like the longest 12 miles I have ever done. From here on out, we did 2 mile pulls. We then took another break.
After our final break we biked a long 11 miles to Jordan, MT. We stopped at a gas station and stocked up for the night.
We then went to the campsite set up our tents. I took a nice 30 minute nap and was ready to go to dinner. Before going to dinner, we stopped at a grocery store and stocked up for tomorrow. We don’t want to make the same mistake we made today. For dinner tonight we are going to Hell Creek Bar.
Until next time...
