Friday, June 30, 2006
Day 10
Missoula - rest day
Had a nice slow day today. Did some shopping, updated this blog and hung out.
They are just starting a short summer session at the college. It was kind of crazy with new students trying to find things and asking me where things were as if I would know. The campus was started in the late 1800's. Turner hall that were are staying in was built in 1937. It has some great old architecture that you just do not see in the newer buildings. The dorms are not air conditioned so it was a little warm today.
We had Adventure Cycling's 30th birthday party today. About 140 people attended. It was fun to talk with a few of the riders that had done the cross country trip in 1976. I think they believe we are whimps for doing it as a support ride as they did it self contained. We sure could not do 85 miles a day average with a loaded bike. Most self contained rides across the US are in the 60+ day range.
You will see a change in day numbering on the blog. I started with day 1 as our first ride day and actually it was the official second day of the trip. (The first day was just a meeting in Seattle)I will start tomorrow with the correct day numbering off of our cue sheets.
Had a nice slow day today. Did some shopping, updated this blog and hung out.
They are just starting a short summer session at the college. It was kind of crazy with new students trying to find things and asking me where things were as if I would know. The campus was started in the late 1800's. Turner hall that were are staying in was built in 1937. It has some great old architecture that you just do not see in the newer buildings. The dorms are not air conditioned so it was a little warm today.
We had Adventure Cycling's 30th birthday party today. About 140 people attended. It was fun to talk with a few of the riders that had done the cross country trip in 1976. I think they believe we are whimps for doing it as a support ride as they did it self contained. We sure could not do 85 miles a day average with a loaded bike. Most self contained rides across the US are in the 60+ day range.
You will see a change in day numbering on the blog. I started with day 1 as our first ride day and actually it was the official second day of the trip. (The first day was just a meeting in Seattle)I will start tomorrow with the correct day numbering off of our cue sheets.
# posted by Jack Turner : 9:41 PM
