June 28 Crossing The Continental Divide

Today we rode 80 miles and averaged 12.5 mph. We rode 4000 feet of ascent to gain 2000 feet in elevation. We crossed at Marias Pass because Logan Pass was still under 75 feet of snow! This is unusual for June but not unheard of. They had to bring surveyors to locate the pavement as part of the snow removal process. After the bulldozers are done the plows can do their thing.

Water flows west from this point to The Pacific and east from this point to The Mississippi River.

Today was harder than anticipated because we had done a lot of climbing already, not expecting all the downhills before the summit. Also, upon reflection, I realized that this was our first time to ride six days in a row.

A unique addition to our day has been a flower called Beargrass. It looks kind of like a snow cone on a stick. The cool thing about this flower is that it only grows at or around 3000 feet above sea level. We saw thousands of them! This is borrowed computer. I will get a shot on the blog soon.