Saturday, June 9, 2012

Day 18 - Ennis, MT

94.79 miles; 5 hrs 41 min; 16.67 mph avg; 2,300 feet

Montana greeted me with some agreeable wind today. The last 50 miles in particular were a 25 mph tailwind on a 1% downhill grade. I coasted into Ennis.

Camped in an RV park with a reasonable rate given the hot shower.  Got invited in for dinner by a nice retired couple from southern Illinois and had Iowa sausage, boiled potatoes, canned corn, and spicy salsa made by a friend of theirs.  Wouldn't have guessed I had enough in common with an RV couple for unstrained conversation but...

2 comments:

  1. Almost a century... congrats

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  2. I considered riding laps around town to get to triple digits, but it felt phony. And I was tired and hungry.

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