Roxy and Linda's Bicycle Blog

24th posting on July 21, 2013 ..... Back to the welcome page and listings for other links

Day 39 - Glen Ullin, ND to Bismarck, ND - 62 miles ......... 1686 total miles
Chatted a bit with the owners of the B&B before we headed out. Interesting to hear their perspective of how the oil boom has affected life in the small town of Glen Ullin. We had a tailwind so we were eager to head off before it switched! The wind was with us all the way into Bismarck. We followed the Adventure Cycling map into town and crossed the Missouri River on a pedestrian bridge along the expressway. We rode to a bike shop and left our bikes for a tune up. Roxy's niece, Chrissie, picked us up. The shop was just a mile from her house where we were spending the night. Had a good afternoon and evening visiting with Chrissie, husband Larry, their daughter Kenzie and boyfriend Justin.

Day 40 & 41 - Bismarck & Minot, ND - rest days??
Started the day with errands about town. Chrissie arranged a family gathering with those who could come down from Minot. Roxy's nephew Rob, wife Jess and daughter Layla arrived first. 5 year old Layla has been following our blog with her Dad and wanted to ride bikes with us, so the families went out for a walk and ride around the neighborhood. Roxy's brother Rollie and wife Carol arrived as we were returning to the house. We spend the afternoon visiting, eating, playing lawn games and watching a movie outside projected on the house as it was getting dark, complete with popcorn! After the movie we rode with Rollie and Carol back to Minot so we could be up early to get a front row seat for the state fair parade Saturday morning.
We were up early and along the parade route by 8 am! We joined Layla, Rob, Jess and Jess's Mom who were there ahead of us. Then came Roxy's niece, Katy, husband Jim and kids Tyler and Amber across the street. After the parade we met up with another niece, Susie! We didn't get to visit with Damee, another niece, she called with a hello.
Our good friend Marg, who lives in Manitoba, drove down and met us. Marg is an old friend from Fairbanks who played softball, biked, hiked and skied with us. We went to the fair and had a good time.
After a full day Rollie drove us back do Bismarck (108 miles) so we could get back on the road in the morning. We were exhausted, had a quick dinner and fell asleep! Good times visiting, great to see everyone!

Day 42 - Bismarck, ND to Steele, ND - 43 miles ........... 1729 total miles
We didn't get the earliest of starts. We said good bye to Chrissie, Larry, Kenzie, Justin (and Louie) and headed off into a light headwind. Decided to ride on the freeway rather than follow the Adventure Cycling Route which would take us south. We didn't have much energy this morning. Along the freeway we met Bruce, an 80 year old, walking across America, pushing a cart. He's walked 19,000 miles in the last 3 years, this is his 3rd trip walking across the country! Amazing, what an inspiration! Fun chatting, he tries to walk 35 miles per day. We didn't feel quite as tired after meeting him! We're spending the night in another small town, Steele. There is no cafe so we had dinner at the Cenex, a convenience store. Spent the late afternoon and evening catching up with email, the blog and relaxing!

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