Day 18
June 19th, 2007

Today's ride started off with a pleasant surprise. The whole team had to rack their bikes for the way out of town due to poor riding conditions. This turned into a 40 mile drive because the roads were so dangerous. This lift turned our 90 mile day into a 50 mile day, the perfect relief for sore legs. Although the ride turned out to be a lot smaller distance than we had expect it turned out to not be much easier because of a head wind. The wind at one point got so bad that my group joined up with another group forming a larger group that was able to rotate more often at breaking the wind. This larger group gave each rider a longer break. At one point in the the ride the road dipped into Yellowstone National Park however, we did not see anything very exciting. Once into West Yellowstone we set up lodging at the local school that housed K-12 with a graduating class of 10. For dinner the team was treated to a great meal at a local establishment where I had a roasted turkey sandwich. After dinner a few of us went out wandering the tourist town visiting the shops and having ice cream. The traveling man lifestyle is starting to really set in for me. I have now become somewhat accustomed to the unique way that we are living this summer. Today Brent got another helmet camera for team members to wear during the ride. I will be wearing the camera tomorrow for our trip into Yellowstone. I am so excited to ride my bike through Yellowstone tomorrow.