The Beers

Alicia and I enjoy many outdoor activities. Alicia has long had a life goal of bicycling across America. It sounded like a great adventure to me. This was an opportune pause in our lives with a recent job loss (May 2009), so with just three weeks of planning and training - we were off.

This trek started May 24th, 2009 from Anacortes, Washington ending 65 days later in Portland, Maine (We had expected 60 days to Bar Harbor, Maine.).

3964 spinning miles!! Biggest day 115 miles. ~~Pete Beer

Saturday, June 6, 2009

Day 14. Whitefish

We have arrived in Whitefish. We thought it would be an easy 56
miles. It was tough. We are still trying to figure out why. It
seemed like we were moving along well, but progress was slow. A
watched mile never clicks over...

The weather was very cool, windy, and cloudy; threatening rain most of
the day. We ended up putting on additional gear to stay warm. I am
always on the look out to prevent hypothermic conditions.

Yesterday in Eureka, we set up the tent just in time to get out of the
rain. It is interesting being in a lightening storm in a tent.
Initially I thought the storm would pass quickly, but this was one of
those that just continued growing overhead.

It ended up raining all night. The tent held up well.

Whitefish is nice. Very touristy, but fun.

~ Pete (iPhone)

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