My Journal
Montana
Visitors to my tent last night 😊 Last night was a noisy night with early July 4th kicking off, noisy kids and late arrivals to the campground. But I got a good few hours sleep and was up at 6 to decamp before heading to the local servo for breakfast. Grabbed a coffee...
Onwards to Montana!
After a good nights sleep helped by the repair to my air mattress I grabbed a breakfast in the camp cafe - fruit, yoghurt and toast….delicious! I headed off around 8 with a potential destination in mind around 45 miles away in Mack Inn. The trail arrived after a few...
The Tetons
Today was a day I’d been dreading -parting company with Jake after 6 weeks of incredible riding together. We had met in the Toaster House in Pie Town a few days after I’d started riding after Valley Fever. Somehow we had managed to ride some of the toughest parts of...
Riding at the speed of life
Riding, riding, riding!! I had a very chilled day at the warm showers hosted in Pinedale - what an amazing host…even with 5 bikers rocking up they were so welcoming, and even fed this hungry crowd of carbo-loading human dustbins! During the day I went in to town for...
The Basin
Across the desert of Wyoming The Basin is one of the most challenging parts of the Divide. It’s 225 miles with over 11,000 ft of elevation gain across an area with limited water and only one possible food store en route. It’s brutally windy, and can be both baking hot...
High WINDS heading to Rawlins
The wind was unreal!!After a pretty decent sleep on the floor of the cabin I was up around 5:30 and had the luxury of boiling a kettle and making coffee and hot porridge. None of the cabin facilities were supposed to be used by campers but….seemed a shame to not use...