Miles = 155
Velva, ND - Cooperstown, ND
Spent the day with John and Jerry.  It was great to spend time talking and getting to know them better; makes the time go by faster too!  INCREDIBLE TAILWINDS!!!  In case you didn’t take the time to read the number of miles at the top of this blog, we cycled ONE [...]

Mi = 52
Makoti, ND - Velva, ND
Happy Birthday, Matthew!
Not a good morning.  Woke up to a severe thunderstorm around 4:30am.  Water puddled up on the ground beneath our tent and seeped up through the waterproof flooring.  We made a run for the firehouse feeling SO thankful that the bartender gave us the secret punch-code to [...]

Mi = 80
Lake Sacacawea, ND - Makoti, ND

Left the teepee (tipi) about 8:45am…a bit of a late start.  47 miles till we hit any form of commercial entity.  We didn’t fill up on water before we left; we were told it’s flat from here on east.  That was a lie!  We hit a lot more [...]

Mi - 72
Culbertson, Montana  - Lake Sacacawea (not Sacajawea), NORTH DAKOTA!!!!
 
Biked straight through except to holler and dance when we crossed into North Dakota. We took a picture with Jerry and John there.  Feels like we’ve been in Montana forever!!  Should only be about 6 days in ND and then the states go by rather quickly [...]

Mi = 92
Nasua, MT - Culberston, MT
Helen and Bob Heikens invited us to coffee at the senior citizen center in the morning (they must not have been checking ID).  Said “goodbye,” picked up our mail drop of food, and headed out of town.  Fairly easy day today.  Gentle winds were at our back today.  Mostly [...]

Miles = 0
 
Mail drop is coming in Nashua, Montana and the post office is not open until tomorrow.  Have to stay here for another night.  It will be our first rest day.  It’s a tiny town, so we were expecting to be bored.  Wow, were we wrong!!!
“Come to me all who labor and are weary [...]

Miles = 84
Malta, MT to Nashua, MT
Weather = 20-30mph winds BUT they were headed our direction!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOW, what a difference!  Definitely made up for those miles we’ve been short of.  Yesterday it took us all day and all our strength to ride 60+ miles.  Today, we hit 60 before lunch and hardly broke a sweat.  Wind [...]

Miles = 68
Chinook, MT to Malta, MT
Weather = HOT HOT HOT and WINDY!
Not smooth today at all; another frustrating day.  After yesterday, our patience for the ride has been running thin, and today, there was so much wind AGAINST us that we felt as if were on a treadmill–pushing as hard as we could but [...]

Miles = 53
Gilford, MT to Chinook, MT
Brothers posing some cuddle-time  :)  :) 

One word to describe today => FRUSTRATING
It didn’t start out that way, though.  The Gilford store owner was with us at Heather and Jeff’s ”4th of July” celebration the night before.  She offered to open the shop early to serve us coffee, nice and strong the [...]

Miles = 100 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cut Bank, MT to Gilford, MT
Weather = overcast, warm 74 degrees
We really made up for those miles we missed yesterday!
One flat tire in the middle of the day and one at the very end.
We were exhausted by 75 miles, but we kept pushing on because of a warmshowers.org place to stay. A [...]