Today was our longest day of the trip so far. We had to cover 120 miles of the flat, Montana prairies in order to get to Malta. Immediately as we left the Miller household this morning, we were greeted with thundering downpour. It was a tough hour and a half of unrelenting rain until we stopped in Havre for a quick snack. Braving the elements once again, we continued for another 40 miles until we reached Harlem Montana, for lunch. Luckily, the rain had stopped by that point, but the wind was blowing in full force: we had thirty mile-per-hour northbound winds hitting us on our side, blowing us at a forty-five degree angle to the road. But once we got on the road again, the wind immediately began blowing east, creating a perfect tailwind for us to finish our final fifty miles of the day. The afternoon, however, was highlighted by Ellie getting three (that's right, three) flat tires in the span of two hours. Hopefully we'll have better tire luck tomorrow!
We'll continue to keep everyone back home posted on how we're doing.
Parker
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Okay- everybody sing along
ReplyDeleteBlue skies smilin' at me
Nothin' but blue skies do I see
Bluebirds singin' a song
Nothin' but blue skies from now on
Never saw the sun shinin' so bright
Never saw things goin' so right
Noticing the days hurrying by
When you're in love, my how they fly by
Blue days, all of them gone
Nothin' but blue skies from now on
(Blue skies smilin' at me
Nothin' but blue skies do I see)
Never saw the sun shinin' so bright
Never saw things goin' so right
Noticing the days hurrying by
When you're in love, my how they fly
Blue days, all of them gone
Nothin' but blue skies from now on
Nothin' but blue skies from now on
If Everybody sings along- in harmony- the bikers might get a couple nice days without rain!
Cyclists!
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear you're enjoying Montana's panorama. Now you know why it's called the "Big Sky State." I just finished catching up on all your posts and it's too bad I can't drive up and see you because as you probably now know, and I'm not understating things, MONTANA IS HUGE. When you guys were in Libby, you were a mere 8 and 1/2 hours driving distance from Billings, and when you were in Malta you were only 4 hours away! I'll be working near Malta later this summer at an archaeological dig in Whitewater, a tiny town north and a little east of Malta about 35 miles. Hope that your 13th day of travel treats you well and I look forward to the rest of you posts from Montana and further down the road as well. If you strain your eyes really hard southward you may be able to see me across the plains.
Pumped to see you all again,
Mike H