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74.2 miles, 17.8 mph, Odometer: 1678 – Fort Ransom State Park, ND to Barnesville, MN KEVIN – Straight east with a tail wind. I meant to stop to eat but nothing presented and I had a tail wind. I ate lunch at DQ in Barnesville, since the Eagle Cafe that Suzi had found online withContinue reading “Day 24 – Sunday, May 30”

86.4 miles, 16.0 mph, Odometer: 1604 – west of Streeter, ND to Fort Ransom State Park, ND KEVIN – My last full day in North Dakota was more efficient and unremarkable until the final two miles on gravel road into the Little Yellowstone valley to the campground. During the day, I passed this sign forContinue reading “Day 23 – Saturday, May 29”

Online calculators predict that Kevin burns about 1,600 calories as a baseline each day. Moderate bicycling for 3-6 hours per day requires approximately 2,000-4,000 additional calories. So for 21 of the last 22 days, Kevin has needed 3,600 – 5,600 calories. In Tour de France jelly donut units, that’s as many as 22.4 jelly donuts.Continue reading “Powered by Snickers”

83.4 miles, 12.0 mph, Odometer: 1518 – Lincoln, ND to east of Napoleon, ND KEVIN – Long day on the bike with wind. Lunch date with Suzi at the Road Dawg Grill in Hazelton. The countryside is lush and green with many small lakes and birds including white pelicans. From far away, I saw thisContinue reading “Day 22 – Friday, May 28”

68.8 miles, 12.9 mph, Odometer: 1434 – Hebron, ND to Lincoln, ND KEVIN – Rode Old Hwy 10 for 10 miles, then I-94 for 50 miles, then on bike paths most of the way in. Cold with some headwind but dressed appropriately; all was well. Lunch in New Salem at a cafe where all theContinue reading “Day 21 – Thursday, May 27”

Cell Phones – How different this trip would be without cell phones and the internet! To begin with, we agreed that Kevin would carry some version of tracking device. His durable dumb phone didn’t have that capability. So he now has his first smart phone (the phone formerly known as Suzi’s Galaxy S5.) Perhaps youContinue reading “Modern Technology”

74.4 miles, 11.6 mph, Odometer: 1365 – Medora, ND to Hebron, ND KEVIN – Rode I-94 for awhile after leaving Theodore Roosevelt National Park. After 17 miles, I rode Old Hwy 10 to the end. In Dickenson, I met some people at the Cenex station. After learning of my adventure, the clerk would not letContinue reading “Day 20 – Wednesday, May 26”

63.3 miles, 20.6 mph, Odometer: 1291 – Glendive, MT to Medora, MT KEVIN – The payoff. Today the wind was 20 mph from the west and I was riding east. I was concerned that my maps had me riding on I-94 for several miles before turning to less traveled roads. However, I-94 has a big,Continue reading “Day 19 – Tuesday, May 25”

79.8 miles, 12.6 mph, Odometer: 1227 – Vida, MT to Glendive, MT KEVIN – Another hole. I slept blissfully last night after looking at the weather prediction for today. I noticed, however, on our ride back to the starting point that the truck was quiet. It was quiet because we were driving with the wind.Continue reading “Day 18 – Monday, May 24”

40 years of wedded bliss. We took off driving 30 miles back to the starting point for the day’s ride. HER – wearing fleece jacket, cold hands and feet, steering wheel in left hand, coffee mug in right – “would you turn up the heater?” HIM – fully dressed for biking, with mild hearing lossContinue reading “Not a morning person”