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

Friday, June 12, 2009

Day 20. Havre

"...where the Beer and the antelope play.." Our ride today started
cool and clear. We saw a lot of antelope in the fields today. It was
a perfect cycling day and Pete was in hyper-drive due to the "magic
3": tailwind, fairly flat terrain, and a can of Starbucks Double
Shot! We rode 65 miles and arrived in Havre around 1:30 pm. Pete
bought a new tire at the bike shop, we had lunch, got groceries,
registered to camp in the city park, then went to the park to set up
camp and make our bicycle repairs. Our cohorts (other cyclists we
camped with the night before) arrived here also. We were all happy
that we could end the day with a warm shower for free at the community
pool. Ah, the simple things we take for granted on a daily basis can
be a real luxury to someone else.

~ Alicia (iPhone)

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