Author: msuding

The small town of Condon was at the end of our 50 mile ride across the prarie. It was a conundrum because there was hardly any activity downtown at 3:30 in the afternoon. No bars or saloons were open in … Read the rest

Blue Mountains that is. We rode 50 miles from Ukiah to Heppner today. Heppner is prarie landscape mostly. We had the road mostly to ourselves but noticeably more hunters.

At our lunch stop a camo clad older gentleman walked over … Read the rest

Waking up to frost on your tent and all your stuff makes it hard to get moving but Brent had it worse in that he had to patch his air mattress.

We practically had the whole road to ourselves which … Read the rest

We got a good vibe in Enterprise, Oregon. Kristy at the Red Rooster restaurant served us the best breakfast yet. She was helping her mom out with her restaurant and told us she studied interior design – you can see … Read the rest

As you saw, we warmed ourselves and tried to dry our clothes in the bathroom with 2000 watt hand dryers and it’s room heater. It was helpful.

After we rode down a long downhill expecting no services, we came upon … Read the rest

Yesterday was supposed to be an easy day but the weather didn’t cooperate. Rain up the hill wasn’t too bad but when the 30+ mph headwind was added it became miserable and futile feeling. The fourth layer of clothing helped … Read the rest

Yes, that’s a Chris Farley SNL reference.

We found a hearty breakfast cafe on main street and rode towards Lewiston. The crosswind was crazy strong for the first 20 miles. We have now entered the Nez Perce reservation.We carefully chose … Read the rest

After 40 easy miles following a winding creek we climbed out of the valley and up to the Idaho plains with farms galore.

Us, being city folk, had to look up the word “Grange”. It’s a farmers association. This is … Read the rest

Thanks for waiting for the blog posts while we were out of cell coverage.

We rode out of our campsite at Poet Creek Campground and finished the last 20 miles of dirt road in Magruder Crossing. I talked with one … Read the rest

(Monday) I have to admit I was scared to hear a scratching noise on a nearby tree in the middle of the night. If it was a bear, I’m sure it smelled me but I resisted my curiosity and stayed … Read the rest

Today (Sunday) was a relatively easy 28 miles thru the town of Darby to Sam Billings campground.

At the grocery store we stocked up for a few meals and talked with a Texan named Mike who was heading in the … Read the rest

(Tuesday) Right out of camp we started climbing – a lot of climbing it was. We were glad we switched our front tires to a bigger off-road tire to avoid sliding out.

We met Todd and Tanya, the friendly forest … Read the rest

We felt like the youngest group in the 4B Restaurant in Missoula. It was a seniors hangout for sure. We found the Bitterroot Trail and rode it 58 miles all the way to Hamilton.

While eating our leftover pizza, Jovial … Read the rest

Rosie (not her real name), our waitress at Pop’s Place in Seeley Lake served a hearty breakfast just as we like it. Sometimes waiters can‘t help but join in the mealtime conversation. We were discussing guns and carrying permits of … Read the rest

We must have slept well because we didn’t hear the bear that our campground neighbor said was growling nearby. While we were eating our big breakfast at the cafe in Bigfork, the newspaper headline said “Four Grizzly bears killed…” This … Read the rest