Today was “only” a 30 mile ride, which you would think would make it easy. But I got up and went back up on the shuttle bus to Avalanche Creek and hiked out to Avalanche Lake, which ended up being about 7 miles, and so by the time I get on my bike I was already half wiped out. Then we had some tough riding; say what you will about Highway 2 (and I have), but the one thing that is nice is you can’t get lost. This day, in an effort to keep us off Highway 2, the ACA had us on some back roads, including some gravel, and I got a bit lost. By the time I got to Whitefish I was ready to just relax - which is good because tomorrow is a day off!
One thing that’s been nice is that I’ve gotten to spend some time on my own, and just think about things. This first picture sums that up:
