Chapter 3 – Great Divide Route - days 15 to 27

After some detouring in Glacier we are back on the Great Divide route and finally started to add up kilometers (still early to think in miles). Days are passing quickly and we are already at km 1206. The route is tiring and harder than we though. On a few days we did more than we could handle and the legs were starting to complain, but overall we are getting stronger and we are learning lessons. We are also getting used to the usual routine: breakfast and packing up in the morning, long day cycle, and once arrived in a place it's shower, get food, cook, set up camp, early night sleep.

Montana's landscapes are not as dramatic as Canada, but the country is beautiful, with its green and gentle hills, and maybe too many woods...most of the route has been going through forests so that the views have been obscured most of the time. But, good places, people and experiences abounded here too. We have also met a few racers and fellow cyclists, our couchsurfing and warm showers hosts have been amazingly kind to us, and people along the route friendly. The weather has been on our side too. Not a single drop of rain yet, in the early afternoon it gets very hot, around 25/30 degrees but I won't certainly complain about that! I suddenly remembered what summer feels like: going around in sandals, hanging clothes to dry outside, ice cream, fresh breeze in the evening, this is life!

Chapter 2 – Glacier National Park and Montana – days 7 to 14


After 14 days on route we are finally having our first day off in Bigfork, a nice and chilled out resort town with nothing to do.


The stats so far are:

• Days of sunshine: 14/14
  
• Km cycled: 733
  
• Mechanical problems: 0 – Considering the roads we have been through Dharma and Hayduke are doing great, the tubeless tires are working wonder which is sparing a lot of trouble.
  
• Mosquito bites: no space left
  
• Average of meals per day: 6
  
• Max days without showers: 3 (I still stink after 2 showers)
  
• Wildlife entries: mountain goat and hummingbird, soooo cute!

Canadian Chapter – Days 0 to 7

What an adventure! Hard to believe that only 7 days passed by, so many things happened and so many places we saw already.

The flight and transfer to Banff went smoothly, the bikes arrived in one piece and although Calgary welcomed us with clouds and rain (back to Scotland we thought?) we have been really lucky with the weather so far, probably too lucky.