While waiting for the bicycle trips to begin, I have been hiking in Canyonlands and Arches in UT. The scenery is truly magnificient and amazing! While most everyone else is taking pictures of arches, I am taking pictures of a Ferarri, silly me. But what a blast and then we get to do the Colorado River. On this trip we had a couple from Switzerland, a couple from Canada, a woman from MN, and and man from Chicago. The Swiss gentleman, kept saying "this picture is the picture of the year." He took enough "picture of the year" pictures to get us well into 2042.

1st trip to Montana

My first trip to Montana was to participate in the Peaks to Prairie Tri Relay Race from Red Lodge to Billings. Rick Farrand, left, did the run. I did the bike, (and yes those are wings on my feet). John Bridenbaugh, right, did the kayak. He was 8th fastest overall and we won our age group. It did snow about 3 inches the night before the race and was 33 degrees when I got on the bike at about 9:10. I covered the 44 miles in 1:59:24. We had a great day!

Sea to Shining Sea Itinerary

Tentative Daily Itinerary
June 6-July 31, 2010
Assembly: Seattle; van shuttle to Neah Bay, WA


Segment I
Day 1 Neah Bay—Port Angeles; overnight at Red Lion Inn. 68 miles
Day 2 Port Angeles — Dungeness Spit — Sequim — Port Townsend — ferry to Whidby Island — Oak Harbor—Deception Pass—Fidalgo Island—Anacortes; overnight at Ship Harbor Inn.
85 miles
Day 3 Anacortes — Sedro Wooley — Marblemount; overnight at Skagit River Resort 64 miles
Day 4 Marblemount — Newhalem—North Cascades N.P.— Ross Lake — Rainy Pass (4,855’) — Washington Pass (5,477’) — Mazama — Winthrop.
86 miles
Day 5 Winthrop — Methow River — Twisp — Omak — Wauconda Summit (4,310’) — Republic. 108 miles
Day 6 Republic — Sherman Pass (5,575’) — Kettle Falls — Colville.
53 miles
Day 7 Colville — Tiger — Pend O’Reille River — Newport. 84 miles
Day 8 Newport, WA — Priest River, ID — Sandpoint — Lake Pend O’Reille — Bonners Ferry.
60 miles
Day 9 Bonners Ferry, ID — Yaak, MT — Lake Koocanusa — Eureka. 110 miles
Day 10 Eureka — Whitefish — Columbia Falls — West Glacier — Glacier N.P. — Lake McDonald; overnight at Lake McDonald Lodge
83 miles
Day 11 Lake McDonald — Going-to-the-Sun — Logan Pass (6,646’) — St. Mary — Looking glass “Hill” — Two Medicine — East Glacier; overnight at Glacier Park Lodge. 64 miles
Day 12 East Glacier — layover day (hiking options at Two Medicine); overnight
at Glacier Park Lodge.
Day 13 East Glacier — Browning — Cut Bank — Shelby. 68 miles
Day 14 Shelby — Havre. 104 miles
Day 15 Havre — Malta. 85 miles
Day 16 Malta — Glasgow. 70 miles
Day 17 Glasgow — Wolf Point — Culbertson. 98 miles
Day 18 Culbertson, MT — Ft. Buford — Confluence (Missouri & Yellowstone Rivers) National Monument — Ft. Union — Watford City, ND; overnight at Theodore Roosevelt Inn. 82 miles
Day 19 Watford City — New Town — Stanley. 85 miles
Day 20 Stanley — Minot. 58 miles
Day 21 Minot — Harvey 78 miles
Day 22 Harvey — New Rockford — Cooperstown 95 miles
Day 23 Cooperstown — Maryville — Hillsboro. 66 miles
Day 24 Hillsboro, ND — Ada, MN — Mahnomen 56 miles
Day 25 Mahnomen — Itasca State Park — La Porte — Heartland Paved State Bike Trail — Walker. 80 miles
Day 26 Walker — Paul Bunyan Paved State Bike Trail — Brainerd 56 miles
Segment II
Day 27 Brainerd--Layover Day
Day 28 Brainerd — Garrison — Mille Lacs — Finlayson — Munger Paved State Bike Trail — Hinckley.
88 miles
Day 29 Hinckley, MN—Minong, WI — Hayward 71 miles
Day 30 Hayward — Fifield — Minocqua 92 miles
Day 31 Minocqua, WI — Eagle River — Iron River, MI 65 miles
Day 32 Iron River — Escanaba
88 miles
Day 33 Escanaba — Manistique 48 miles
Day 34 Manistique — St. Ignace — ferry to Mackinac Island 88 miles
Day 35 Mackinac Island — Layover Day
Day 36 Mackinac Island — ferry to Mackinaw City — Cheboygan — Rogers City 56 miles
Day 37 Rogers City — Alpena — Oscoda 86 miles
Day 38 Oscoda — Tawas City — Bay City 85 miles
Day 39 Bay City — Lexington 85 miles
Day 40 Lexington — Port Huron — Cross Bluewater Bridge — Sarnia, ON — Strathroy 65 miles
Day 41 Strathroy — St. Marys — Stratford 82 miles
Day 42 Layover Day

Day 43 Stratford — Linwood — St. Jacobs — Elora 55 miles
Day 44 Elora — Fergus — Orangeville — Loretto — Newmarket 72 miles
Day 45 Newmarket — Oshawa — Waterfront Trail -- Port Hope 90 miles
Day 46 Port Hope — Wellington — Picton 80 miles
Day 47 Picton — Bath — Kingston — Gananoque 75 miles
Day 48 Gananoque — Thousand Island Parkway — Brockville — Cornwall 100 miles
Day 49 Cornwall — Enter Quebec — Route Verte — Chateauguay, QC 62 miles
Day 50 Layover Day (Tour Montreal?)
Day 51 Chateauguay — Napierville — Re-enter U.S.A. — Rouses Point — Cross Lake Champlain — Swanton, VT 72 miles
Day 52 Swanton — Enosburg Falls — Montgomery Center — Jay Peak — Newport 65 miles
Day 53 Newport — Derby Center — Island Pond — Bloomfield — Colebrook, NH — Dixville Notch 64 miles
Day 54 Dixville Notch — Errol, NH — Wilton, ME 74 miles
Day 55 Wilton — Belfast 79 miles
Day 56 Belfast — Bucksport — Ellsworth — Bar Harbor 58 miles
Day 57 Tour of Acadia National Park (by van?), Poke around Bar Harbor;
afternoon shuttle to Portland, ME, Airport
Total Mileage: 3,891 miles