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Day 10: 80 miles 515 total.

Rolled out of Seminole about 10:30, gotta be at the bike shop in Amarillo (198 miles) on Saturday was looking to make time. Part way along I learn that a good friend, one of the very people I’m headed to visit in Montana was STILL at Texs Tech 😎

So that became my destination for tonight, tho I gotta say the last seven miles thru Lubbock was tough. The wildlife preserves full of prairie dogs and herds of jackrabbits were interesting tho, details to follo.

Coolio.

Enjoy your resting place tonight.

Geno

I didn’t handle your input particularly well, prob’ly the saddle was impinging my schlong vein.

Advice needed, opinions requested.

OK, my degree of bicycle studlyness has already been demonstrated, I rode my bike to New Mexico. Enough people are impressed, I have a story to tell the kids when school opens up.

The guy up in Great Falls Montana where I am headed was the best man at my wedding, we are like family. I wasn’t originally planning to ride to Lubbock, I didn’t know his wife would still be here. But she is ( finishing up a six-week course).

She will be done Saturday morning, we both could be in Great Falls Sunday morning July 7th, I would have 30 days left to start over and do a 1,000 - 2,000 mile loop (depending on terrain and my ability to traverse it).based out of Great Falls,

So I gotta decide....

a) Stay the present course to be able to say “Ya, I rode my bike all the way to fuggin’ Yellowstone.”

Or.....

b) Help my friend’s wife on the thousand-mile drive home, be in Great Falls Sunday, start over.

My friend’s wife would much prefer I help her drive back.

When the going gets tough the tough don't make excuses that they have to give up so they can help a friend's wife.

Hell, you're free, white and 21--do whatever you want to do.

Birdwatcher, you're 8 years older than you were when you made your first long distance bicycle trip and 3 years older than your last.

You also mentioned in and earlier post that you hadn't prepared in advance for this trip as well as you had the previous two.

From following your comments on this thread compared to those of your two previous trips, to me you aren't sounding nearly as upbeat and confident as you were on the past trips and especially not this early on in the trip.

Just my view as an outsider looking in and not meant to be a criticism nor judgemental.

Best of luck and health what ever you decide to do.

This!

You have done more this summer than a 100 of us combined will...

Dude, I found Mittens.

You can stop looking now....

Please advise on the best way to return her to you.

Chivalry should rule the day. I know it's old fashioned, but your good friend's wife needs help and that's a long drive for a lady on her own. You can complete your trip on the return and no one will think less of you for it...at least no one who matters.

Good luck and following winds, whichever you decide.

yeah, if a friend really needed my help that would take priority.

^^^
This

Not really sure birdie, but I think the wind will blow from behind more often if'n you help the lady.

You get to Great Falls, have plenty of time to go for a long ride, and get to be a good Scout.

Geno

Yah, this whole set-up is such an unlikely coincidence that, in addition to the above consideration, Jesus clearly WANTS me to drive to Montana

Anyhoo.... I spent two nights in Seminole TX, which I thought going in was BFE if there ever was one, but came away impressed.

First off, I give this place two thumbs up, $50 per night, AC works, free wifi works, the hot water works really well, and these old places all still have bathtubs Cold adult beverages available at the gas station right across the street.



The Fire Department, where they clearly don't GAF if Betsy Ross offends you....



Same thing at the Post Office, also flying an MIA flag.....



Here's what I ditched and mailed home to myself. 1) Shirt that blends in, blending in ain't whats it about on these things. 2) Bear spray, how was I gonna know I would be in Montana in just a few days. 3) Knife (Mora}, already got a pretty good blade on my Leatherman. 3) Cone wrenches to adjust the wheel hubs, got a little buyers remorse about sending off those 4) Extra chainrings and the tools to switch 'em out. Chance of getting stranded by broke chainrings exceedingly remote, I only threw this stuff in on account of I replaced the chainrings right before I left. All that saved just three pounds.



Come back to the motel to check out and find this box turtle, in the middle of downtown, wanting to cross north across a busy four lane street.



No idea how it made it that far, I carried across the street to a big empty lot and it took off northbound like it was on a mission. Hope it makes it OK

Driving with some other guy’s wife for 1,000 miles sounds like a super good idea.

Lightening the load on that bike sounds damn near impossible.

Mid to late morning starts make tons of sense.

Alcohol is a great idea. Add more.

A flat rate envelope should work well for mailing it. (Pun intended)

drover

Lotta jack rabbits and prairie dogs around T-Tech Campus.

Mike, if you get a chance to visit Tech’s Ranching Heritage Museum it’s definitely worth it.

If you hitch a ride to Montana, at least you’ll be peddling downhill all the way home! 😜

Birdie,

While in Great Falls take time to go a few miles south to Ulm, MT and see the Ulm Pishkun, it has been renamed to the more politically correct First People Buffalo Jump State Park, it is one of the largest and oldest buffalo jumps in the country and is very interesting to see.
Google for some good info about it.

Also take time to see the Charlie Russell Museum in Great Falls, I think it will be very interesting given your interest in "old time" stuff.

drover