We had been warned we were about to go through serious mosquito territory in the next 2-3 days. Even riding we were warned we'd be bit. So I brought the bug spray in my cammelback today.
About 9 miles into the ride Angela got her first flat. I gave her my tube so that it would go faster. Back on the road, and we made it to lunch with out any mosquito bites.
At lunch I took a 10 min nap and a train came by. It blew it's whistle so loud I thought I was laying on the tracks for a second.
Four miles out of lunch Angela got anoter flat. We went through 3 tubes changing that one because we had holes in all of em. We even flagged the van down for help while angela ran away from an angry bee, but still no Mosquitos.
Well about 4 miles after that, my back tire was low. I decided I'd just try and pump it up and not worry about it but sure enough a mile later it was low again. So out came the tube and I changed that sucker. My perfect record shattered. But still no mosquitos.
Well luckily after that Angela and I made it with no more flats. When the van came I let her use my extra tire which is way better than the stock kenda.
Still a real enjoyable ride, and when we got in everyone else talked about how bad the mosqutos were holding to their legs while biking. It's like angela and I took a different route or something.
Dinner tonight was pasta we made. I really miss it when we don't have dinner provided. Less than 3 weeks remaining in the trip. It's pretty crazy - and we still have to do the rockies.
Stats of the day:
Total Mileage: 71.87
Avg Speed: 14.62
Max Speed: 25.34
-- Diane
Location:Malta, MT
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