? miles, ? of climbing, (over 1700 tot) – to read from the beginning, click here.

Medora, ND just a quick update on our tour. We haven’t had a chance to catch up on the blog as we’ve been having too much fun! After Glen Ullin, we stayed in Dickinson and then rode to Medora & Theodore Roosevelt National Park.

58.4 miles, 2382′ of climbing, (1657.4 tot) – to read from the beginning, click here.

We took it slow this morning for three reasons: a relatively easy ride to Glen Ullin, there’s not a lot to do or see in GU, and it started thunderstorming. We were packed up before that and saw what was coming on the radar and headed to the visitor’s center. We watched a movie about the Mandan Indians and Lewis & Clark and Custer and toured the museum in the center.

65.3 miles, 1630′ of climbing, (1599 tot) – to read from the beginning, click here.

Good sleep and off to Bismark today. Still have a tailwind: at least that’s what the weather says. We’ll see. A little slow moving today, we made some breakfast, some coffee, packed up the tent, and hit the road.

69.6 miles, 2020′ of climbing, (1533.7 tot) – to read from the beginning, click here.

Alex, the guy we talked with yesterday afternoon, proved to be a weather seer. Today we did indeed have a tailwind and it was delicious. Still had 70 miles to cover today and it took us 7 hours. We made a stop at the market in Napolean as the bartender at Dina’s told us they had better selection and prices than the Co-op in Gackle (which wasn’t much more than a convenience store).

63 miles, 1604′ of climbing, (1405 tot) – to read from the beginning, click here.

It was a hard day all around. Started OK with everything drying out nicely, but once on the road, we encountered what we knew was coming but always hoped didn’t: Headwinds. Normal headwinds for ND, but we had mostly escaped them on this tour except in the early part of our ride in Ohio.

63 miles, 1604′ of climbing, (1405 tot) – to read from the beginning, click here.

The Solbergs fed us a filling breakfast of eggs, toast, and potatoes (organic, from their son’s distribution company), let us tag along on the chicken coop opening, and also importantly, do a load of laundry.

17 miles, 110′ of climbing, (1341.6 tot) – to read from the beginning, click here.

It’s nice to have an easy day planned every once in a while. Today was one of those days. The camping equipment needed to be dried out, so we laid things in the sun, made coffee, had breakfast, and Dana went for a run. Our next host was 13 miles away, so we planned to hang around Fargo that afternoon.

63.8 miles, 715′ of climbing, 1015′ down (1324.6 tot) – to read from the beginning, click here.

We had coffee & breakfast at the Days Inn, and we stocked up and ate a good full meal before we headed out. Again, we were leaving without knowing exactly what we were doing that night. Dana invoked her dad’s motto: “It doesn’t hurt to ask” and called a campground in Fargo that had already told us they were full, and left a message that pleaded for a “squeeze in.”

51.1 miles, 653′ of climbing, 803′ down (1260.8 tot) – to read from the beginning, click here.

From the last post you know that we had an early morning thunderstorm which delayed our start, but we had a real nice snooze and a chance to have coffee and donuts with Don & Sandy.

92.6 miles, 1892′ of climbing (1209.6 tot) – to read from the beginning, click here.

We left Paul’s knowing we were heading Northwest, but we didn’t know how far or exactly to where we were going. Our planned goal was Osakis at about 80 miles, but there were no campgrounds that accepted tents and one expensive hotel. So, the day was left to Providence, knowing that something would come through somehow.