Thursday, August 23, 2007
Day 18..Chinock to Haver, MT..22 miles
We have to be careful of the information you get from non cyclists and or the questions asked. Yesterday the lady who checked me in at the motel said it was very very hilly into Haver. She was right, it was very hilly but the road ran next to the RR tracks and was 95% pancake flat. I want to know about the road conditions and she wanted to comment about the scenery.
Even the Tour de France riders ride some on the tour off days, to help stop lactic acid from building up. Keeping with this professional standard we rode on our off day. It took a 1.5 hour with a tail wind and Tom setting the pace to make the trip over from Chinock. This shows that after a few weeks on the road what most people wouldn't attempt physically, we call down time.
The end is in site. We should arrive in Missoula on Monday. I tried for what seemed like hours to make airline reservation out of Missoula but everything was booked up. Very frustrating. Finally tried to book a flight to Minneapolis and a nice lady from Northwest told me the airport was closed for 3 days for repair. Jennifer finally booked me something out of Grand Falls via Orbitz but when I checked earlier with Delta they said the flight was full. Oh well, we'll see.
Have not reported on restaurants lately because they're pretty much all the same. In a Nut shell; they would be out of business in Charleston. I'm spoiled.
Havre is a nice place except for the big hill you can see from our motel on the west side of town.
Even the Tour de France riders ride some on the tour off days, to help stop lactic acid from building up. Keeping with this professional standard we rode on our off day. It took a 1.5 hour with a tail wind and Tom setting the pace to make the trip over from Chinock. This shows that after a few weeks on the road what most people wouldn't attempt physically, we call down time.
The end is in site. We should arrive in Missoula on Monday. I tried for what seemed like hours to make airline reservation out of Missoula but everything was booked up. Very frustrating. Finally tried to book a flight to Minneapolis and a nice lady from Northwest told me the airport was closed for 3 days for repair. Jennifer finally booked me something out of Grand Falls via Orbitz but when I checked earlier with Delta they said the flight was full. Oh well, we'll see.
Have not reported on restaurants lately because they're pretty much all the same. In a Nut shell; they would be out of business in Charleston. I'm spoiled.
Havre is a nice place except for the big hill you can see from our motel on the west side of town.
