June 27 - You Know You're Getting Old(er)

We rode 67 miles today.
I averaged 15 mph and spent 4.5 hours on the bike.

The financial update on the trip is that we have raised $22,378 on the way to our $43,000 goal. We are sponsored all the way to Stillwater, Minnesota with a few sponsored miles spread across the miles from there to Bar Harbor. Thank you for your generosity!

If you have not sponsored any mileage on the trip it's not too late. We will be accepting your tax-free donations for the Sea to See Ride until August 31.

I have decided to add a new feature to this blog that will appear as I receive a new insights. It's called,

"You Know You're Getting Old(er) When...

• You look forward to the long steep down hills, not to set a new personal maximum speed, but to rest.
• The first thing you check out when you are done riding is not a basketball and the nearest court, but the kitchen looking for ice to ease the inflamation in your joints after a long day's ride.

Tonight, we stopped at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Columbia Falls. Tom Phillips, a teacher from Northern California (originally from Lapeer, MI), Stuart Rowell from Ireland and I are staying in the home of Al & Carey Chery. We have the added blessing of meeting their grandchildren Samantha & Dalton who are staying with them this week.

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Mike Rinehart, thanks a ton for the encouragement. :-) I did arrive ahead of Zack today, but I am pretty sure he smoked me on average speed.

Tomorrow we will be climbing approximately 2000 feet to East Glacier where we will take our rest day on Sunday. This week has gone very quickly.

One Mile at a Time,

Dan