10 am flight to Kalispell, then 66 mile shuttle to Eureka, Montana, 5 miles from the Canadian border where Greg Kidd and I will attempt the US route of the Tour Divide race, 2500 hundred miles, from Roosville Montana to Antelope Wells New Mexico. Nothing left to do do but put on my one set of clothes I'm flying in ( ex-officio pants, technical t-shirt, vibram toe shoes) and put our bike boxes and one box of gear each in the car and go....The hardest part will be saying goodby to the family in particular my 5 and 7 year old little ones who don't quite understand what I'm doing. We have a US map that they will be able to trace my progress down the route and draw a line as I go. I hope to do call in's on MTBcast.com and will be sending at least two spottracker gps location updates to facebook and twitter daily. There may not be phone or internet service on many days out there. The group who left from Banff, Canada last Friday report wet, muddy conditions and some long sections of pushing the bikes through snow. Various bear and wolf sightings. I really can't wait to be out there in the wild and clear my head, see the beauty of what wild country is left in the Rockies, and learn more about myself. Some friends think I'm crazy, others ask me what I'm searching for, or am I trying to get to the bottom of something..I just smile and think of the Amelia Earhart quote, "adventure itself is worthwhile". Further.......
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