The team woke up today at 6:00, and we were on the road by 6:30. While we were packing up the vans we saw some lightening and it rained a bit, but as soon as we got on the bikes, there was no more rain.
The day started with a climb through a beautiful mountain pass. When we got to the top we took pictures of the snow capped mountains on the other side of Georgetown Lake. It was beautiful. After resting for about 20 minutes after the climb and grabbing some cliff bars, we continued towards butte.
Between Butte and Philipsburg there was a mining town called Anoconda. Anaconda is home of the largest free standing brick structure, which is a giant tower left over from mining operations. It really towered over the entire landscape. Most of the ride was uneventful, except for cycling on I-90. Our Project Manager Jay is trying to keep us off the Interstates as much as possible, but today it was unavoidable. Hopefully, we won’t be doing much more of that anytime soon.
We arrived in Butter by 11:30 and had cold cuts prepared by our crew chief Jesse. After lunch we relaxed in the hot tub and pool at the YMCA where we are staying. I also iced down my knee in hopes that it would feel better tomorrow.
For dinner we had a friendship visit with BSW INC. I spent most of my time talking to a guy named Jermey. He was pretty funny, and kept talking about conspiracy theories and the presidents. He was definitely into the history of our presidents, but he had some out their opinions about some things. He claimed to be writing a book about the presidents, but he hadn’t started because he was making sure his facts were straight... I’ve found that some of the people we work with have large plans of grandeur in the future, and I’m not really sure what causes them to think these things, but it is certainly an interesting aspect of some developmental disabilities, that I’ve come to understand.
We have a 5:15 wake-up tomorrow, so I’ll probably go to bed tonight before it’s dark out. Oh well, I have to be rested for tomorrow’s 105 mile day.
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