I saw a moose! It ran away before any of us could get a picture, but I'm counting it.
Today's ride was leisurely compared to the last three days at only 70 miles and 1 big climb. To those of you familiar with the biking around SC, it was close to an up-over-&-back of Pine Grove mountain. Just the kind of hill I've was training on with 8-11% grades over 4 miles. Almost like home. Many of the other riders weren't so enthusiastic about this climb, but most of them made it.
We're in Thompson Falls, Montana tonight. We had dinner at the local Elks club & it was quite a good dinner and quite a hoot. The Elks were so friendly and nice and we had a great time telling them our road stories & seeing pictures of the bears in their yards.
Every night we have a briefing on the next day's ride, a weather report (Continued sunny and dry) and a joke or two. I sang Robert's & Baron's "Nine Times a Night" for this evening's joke and it was a big hit.
Tomorrow's ride is 99 miles to Missoula & a deserved & needed day of rest.