Date:
20.06.2018
Altitude:
757.9 ft (231 m)
Distance:
91.75 mi (147.65 km)
Total
Altitude: 88395.7 ft (26943 m)
Total
Distance: 3574.45 mi (5752.60 km)
Today
was a sunny day, but it wasn't too warm. The temperature was perfect
for being out on the bike and it was a long day on the road. After
all these shorter days in Montana so far, today was the first long
day on the road in a while. For the 90 miles today, I didn't have any
tailwind but there was also no real headwind. The wind came majorly
from the south, so it didn't impact me too much. Although I had to
cover a long distance, the ride wasn't too hard. The terrain was
almost flat, there was only a gentle increase in altitude throughout
the day. All in all I gained only about 328 feet (100m) during the
day.
Due
to the long distance I got an early start today. I hit the road after
watching the first half of
Portugal
against Morocco and a good breakfast at the hotel. The day was again
quite uneventful and even with the longer distance similar to the
last few days. There wasn't really a change in the scenery. The only
time the scenery changed a bit was when I left US2 for a few miles in
the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation. Here the route went for a while
along a river. The rest of the day I stayed just like yesterday on
US2. The shoulder on US2 was again quite erratic, from wide shoulders
to no shoulder at all everything was there. In places with wide
shoulders it was a good ride, but in places with no shoulder I didn't
enjoy the ride too much since I was passed quite narrowly by cars and
trucks. I'm really looking forward to a change in scenery, after a
while it is just getting boring. On a positive note, the insect
repellent worked great and I didn't had a problem with Mosquitoes,
today. Unfortunately a day to late, my legs are just covered in
Mosquito bites after yesterday. I should have gotten some insect
repellent earlier.
Conclusion
for the day:
It
is amazing that after about 50 days on the road, a 90 mile day
doesn't really present a challenge to me anymore.
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