July 3. We are at Shelly's! Bicycle trip officially over!
*We pedaled 24 days. Rain 18 of those days. Rode our bicycles 1228 miles for a daily average of 51 miles.
* I lost 21 lbs. My goal was 25- so close.
*We saw 18 bears, most very close, but none tried to eat us. Saw lots of buffalo. 6 moose. Many deer. A wolf, a lynx, half a dozen elk, a dozen stone sheep, eagles, owls, hawks, beavers.
*I wrote many pages of ideas, dreams, musings, inspirations, experiences, thoughts etc.
*My physical conditioning is 1000 times greater than it was at the start of the trip!
*I had a wonderful time riding with my brother Cliff.
*The scenery on the trip was amazing. Wonderful, wonderful!
* Bicycle worked very well with no mechanical problems except for 5 flat tires due to the very bad road conditions in many places.
*Met lots of very interesting and nice people on the trip who were riding bikes as well.
I intend to continue to ride my bike and to go on some more long distance trips in the future though I will try to find some routes that have way less hills!
That is truly awesome to have reached your goal.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to both of you.