Pappy Smith's Adventure Continues

Part 2

Well we are in Rockford Illinois.  The trip.was fantastic!! All the site seeing and the bicycling was amazing! Hate for it to end but time to come home. Pam and I both had to push our limits on riding some of the hills. Looking forward to next year with some more training before hand tho. After we left Yellowstone drive to Missoula Montana to visit adventure cycling. What an amazing place. Bought a couple things while we were there. Ended up driving up in to Glacier National Park. Drove thru West to East. What an awesome place!! I like it better than Yellowstone. Spent the nighr on the East side of Glacier. Got up and started driving towards home and we also stopped at Theodore Roosevelt National Park and drove thru it. We have a lot of pictures from this trip. Staying in a hotel for the night then home tomorrow!! Will have a couple post so I can put some pictures out! Thanks for reading my blog! Good night God Bless

Yesterday got up at 5:30 am. Packed up our clothes and sleeping bags. Had our breakfast on the road by 7am. 45° morning to start the day. Pam and I started out together but she could not make it past 30 miles. For not having much riding time she has done great! I headed out to finish the route and the last 20 miles or so was up hill. Talk about a tough ride. Some times I think it would go faster if I did not stop and take pictures. The scenery is just so beautiful that I have to stop. Made all 60 miles yesterday! Wish I had more time to ride before this ride. Got up at 4:45 to start our morning of packing and eating before heading out. Started out at 6 am to shuttle us 16 miles so we did not have to ride on a gravel rode that far. They shuttled our bikes the night before so trying to find your bike among 400 bikes to a little time. Got our bikes but had to put air in Pam's back tire. The first 2 rest area were 15 miles apart. Every time we head out they tell us to ride with someo