Day 8: Helena to Harlowton

What a great day! The scenery on this day was just beautifull. It doesnt require any words, just enjoy the photo's:

Day 7: Missoula - Helena

After a day of relaxing it was time to ride again. We headed out of Missoula from the Interstate 93. This was not the nicest route but the easiest and quickest. At Garisson we took the exit and started the climb to the Mac Donalds Pass. This was a very serious and heavy climb. The temperature was high again. A reporter from Elenair.com took a picture from me on the pass (second last photo on this link). After the decent to Helena the fun was not over. We had to move to Kim's Marina which meant another 600 feet of climbing.

Day 6: Missoula Restday

Today we enjoyed a restday at the KOA at Missoula. Great to regain some strenght and get things cleaned and so on. The students of the local massage school payed us a visit. Thanks ladies for a nice massage!
Further we were invited by the local bike club of Missoula for some snacks and drinks. Some of their members made a test ride in our velomobiles. Ofcourse the local press payed us a visit. Find more information here

Day 5: Three Rivers Resort to Missoula

What a beautifull cycling day! We started riding in the rain and in the cold! What a difference compared to the last couple of days! Ahead of us was a 90 miles ride to the top of the Lolo Pass, and the decent to Missoula ofcourse but that doesn't hurt your legs anymore. Those 90 miles did!! The beginning was a beautifull ride along the river. No cell phone service, almost no cars and just a beautifull scenery. Me and Maarten were climbing with a nice and easy pace. Then we arrived at the foot of the Lolo pass. We had some lunch there and then started the last far steeper part of the climb. That was quite challenging. The lowest gear was almost not enough, it didnt have anything to do with cycling anymore, rather working your way up to the mountain throwing water over my head every now and then. Finally I reached the top and we headed down with some considerable speeds of around 50 miles/hour. From the foot of the mountain it was something like 15 further miles to the campground in Missoula. And today we have a restday! great after 5 days of riding in a row and covering around 600 miles.

Nice movie!

Checkout this movie that was made when we set off from Portland. The CIBERQuest is also visible several times