Statistics
Distance: 30.8 miles
Average Speed: 10.1 mph
Hours Riding: 3 hours 1 minute
Calories: 1555
Total Ascent: 1870 feet
Total Descent: - 2379 feet
Breakfast did not start this morning until 8:00 am, so I got up at 6:45 am. I had eggs with sausage and veggies - it was very good!
We saw a mama deer and her two littles ones in the campground. The young ones were kicking up their heels and chasing one another, while the mother was licking some residue off a plastic bag.
We started riding at about 9:00 am. The initial climb was long and steep, and then we turned onto a dirt trail. I came to a fork and was unsure which way to go. Norm and Michael came along and by trial and error, we figured it out. From the dirt road, we turned onto some single track that was quite steep and narrow. Portions of it we needed to walk.
We passed a large decommissioned coal truck in Sparwood that I remember reading could hold up to 50 tons of coal. We rode into camp at about 1:00 pm and had a nice spread of food in front of us. The soup was vegetable with ham. The cook, Sophia, normally works in a large kitchen where she feeds 1000 people per day, with the help of 50 people that assist her. She said this job on the Great Divide is harder, but she feels privileged to be here.
Tomorrow, we ride to Flathead River, British Columbia
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