Awesome beginning to today's ride because we rolled out of camp listening to Ludacris "ROLL OUT" - too funny! When on the BIG RIDE, it is essential that one has a good sense of humor. My fellow riders (primarily Evonne, Amy, Sam, Chad, Toby, and Chacko) and I laugh quite frequently whether it is at ridiculous signs or events, our own errors, or during a rousing rendition of "would you rather". For instance, "would you rather have cat paws for hands or have to lick yourself to get clean?" (thanks goes to Kevin for that one) or "would you rather ride your bike 100 miles to Missoula and back today or ride a billy goat to Missoula?" Yes, we may be crazy - but that should be a given considering we willingly are biking across the United States to help the American Lung Association! Or we may be delusional. ;) Either way, I can assure you it is full of laughter. Indeed, I have been blessed by their companionship on the BIG RIDE!
Our ride stared out with a 11 mile climb (over 2,000 ft) to the top of MacDonald's Pass in Montana. It is here we went off route for ~1/2 mile to reach the highest point of the ride at 6,356 ft on the Continental Divide!
Sam, Amy, Evonne, Deidre and Chacko
Chad and Toby
FYI: "The Continental Divide, also called the Great Divide, is a natural boundary line separating waters that flow into the Atlantic Ocean or Gulf of Mexico from those that flow into the Pacific Ocean. It runs north-south from Alaska to northwestern South America." (excerpt taken from http://nationalatlas.gov/mld/condivl.html)
Beautiful views as seen from MacDonald's Pass on the Continental Divide
Trust me, it looks so much better in real life! Even more so when you had to pedal about 700 miles to get there!
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