Category: USA

  • Cody (Island Lake), WY to Silver Gate, MT

    Cody (Island Lake), WY to Silver Gate, MT

    The alarm went off at 5am, once again trying to get us to complete our ride before the afternoon headwinds rose. Surprisingly the temperature had “only” gone down to 41 degrees, which isn’t too bad considering our bed was 2590 ft. higher than where we had woken up yesterday. We still had the campground loop…

  • Red Lodge (Parkside), MT to Cody (Island Lake), WY

    Red Lodge (Parkside), MT to Cody (Island Lake), WY

    Today is the day, the day we summit Everest. Well, our Everest. It’s only a little over a third of the way to the top of the real Everest, but crossing the Beartooth Pass at 10,947 feet will be the highest we’ve ever been on our bikes. “Only” nineteen miles of distance remained between us…

  • Red Lodge, MT to Red Lodge (Parkside), MT

    Red Lodge, MT to Red Lodge (Parkside), MT

    Over the next two days, we’re set to climb to nearly 11,000 feet above sea level, to conquer the Beartooth Pass. That’s higher than either of us have ever been on our bicycles, and more than 5000 feet up from our current mile-high elevation in Red Lodge (and even getting there already required a 2000…

  • Columbus, MT to Red Lodge, MT

    Columbus, MT to Red Lodge, MT

    No hotel-maximization this morning; the alarm went off at 5am so that we could beat the wind. At least it felt like less of a waste leaving our $70 motel room four hours early than if it had been a $193 motel room! I went to the gas station store to fill our ice bucket…

  • Big Timber, MT to Columbus, MT

    Big Timber, MT to Columbus, MT

    To make our lives easy after yesterday’s tough day of riding, we skipped camp breakfast and just packed up and rode the quick three miles (well, quick once we made it up the campground driveway again) into the small town of Big Timber which we didn’t quite reach yesterday. ‘The Horse Whisperer’ tells the audience…