Ride for Water 2012

Day 32 – July 5 – Valley City, ND to Fargo, ND – 55 Miles

Today the destination was Fargo, ND and our last full day in North Dakota. The humidity from the day before was gone. The sun was shining brightly and as we rode, it felt significantly cooler than the 4th. The plan was to take I-94 to...

Day 31 – July 4 – Steele, ND to Valley City, ND – 93 Miles

“Old Highway 10” terminated at the interchange with I-94. Proceeding east from Steele would be I-94. The wind had shifted and was now coming from the west. The sky was overcast and rain threatened to the north and west of Steele. We got on I-94...

Day 30 – July 3 – Bismark, ND to Steele, ND – 51 Miles

We took some time to recover today. We didn’t get on the road until after 10:00. We didn’t make it out of Bismarck until after 1:00. We needed to pick up some tire tubes and patches from the bicycle shop at Scheel’s which was the...

Day 29 – July 2 – Medora, ND to Bismark, ND – 139 Miles

This was Joe’s idea. We set the alarm for 4:00 AM. A tailwind was predicted. Quite a bit of wind and lightening swept through the area in the late evening and overnight. There were just a few drops of rain. We were hoping to get a...

Day 28 – July 1 – Rest Day – Medora, ND

It was too hot to visit Theodore Roosevelt National Park. It was 93 but unlike home it was a dry heat. Nevertheless riding the 36 mile loop through the park in the heat of the day would be too much like every other day so...

Day 27– June 30 – Glendive, MT to Medora, ND – 62 Miles

We stayed last night at the Super 8 motel in Glendive. The campground where we wanted to stay was closed so we opted for something near the interstate. We got our earliest start today in effort to beat the heat. We rose at 5:00 AM...

Day 26 – June 29 – Circle, MT to Glendive, MT – 51 Miles

We got an early start today in anticipation of the heat. We left Circle, MT just after 7:00 AM. We are trying to adjust our schedule to get up early and get our miles in before the heat sets in. Predictions were for mid-90s temps...

Day 25 – June 28 – Wolf Point, MT to Circle, MT – 54 Miles

Our route took us south from Wolf Point today, leaving the Hi-Line, the combination of Route 2 and the former Great Northern Railway (now Burlington Northern Sante Fe Railroad) which traces a line across North Dakota and northern Montana. Just south of Wolf Point we crossed...

Day 24– June 27 – Saco, MT to Wolf Point, MT – 90 Miles

Yesterday was a long day, so we decided to sleep in a bit this morning. We knew we now had a tailwind to ease our progress across the Big Sky state. Our destination today worked out to be Wolf Point. From Wolf Point we will...

Day 23– June 26 – Chinook, MT to Saco, MT – 100 Miles

100 in 100 When we woke this morning the wind was still out of the east. We tried for an early start but hit the road just about 8:00 AM. We grabbed a quick breakfast at the Chinook, Town Pump, the local quick shop, gas station...