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Day #84: Grand Teton to Jackson (39 miles)
I could take pictures of Grand Teton mountain until the Bison come home... and I love these 39 mile days that start off cool, with a...
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Jul 7, 20251 min read


Day #83: Yellowstone to Grand Teton (39 miles)
Re-tracing my path back to Grand Teton, I knew what to expect, so it was a relaxed ride. I started at 7:30am and it was cool enough for...
chrisbentley349
Jul 6, 20251 min read


Day #82: Rest Day in Yellowstone
One of the early expeditions of Europeans to explore Yellowstone, included an artist. Describing a waterfall, he said "it surpasses...
chrisbentley349
Jul 6, 20251 min read


Day #81: Grand Teton to Yellowstone (39 miles)
Since today's ride was only 39 miles, I had a relaxed morning. Slept in until 6am, had cereal with blueberries for breakfast, and was on...
chrisbentley349
Jul 6, 20251 min read


Day #80: Dubois to Grand Teton (66 miles)
A beautiful, but long, day of riding. The first 33 miles were almost all uphill for a total of 3,500 feet of ascent... but the payoff was...
chrisbentley349
Jul 4, 20251 min read


Day #79: Riverton to Dubois (80 miles)
A long, beautiful ride up the Wind River Canyon, with convenience stores located at the 20 mile and 50 mile marks. Had a great talk with...
chrisbentley349
Jul 2, 20251 min read


Day #78: Rest Day
I had made a mistake in my planning of today's ride... I had thought there were no hotels in between, so I had signed up for a 140 mile...
chrisbentley349
Jul 1, 20251 min read


Day #77: Wright to Casper (91 miles)
Today was my longest ride so far, 91 miles. Luckily there was a gas station near the half-way point. The day was sunny, but not too hot....
chrisbentley349
Jul 1, 20251 min read


Day #76: Newcastle to Wright (73 miles)
Had a lovely dinner last night with Casey Thorson, who drove me in his pickup to the hospital last Summer. He's one of the loveliest and...
chrisbentley349
Jun 29, 20251 min read


Day #75: Custer to Newcastle, Wyoming (38 miles)
The Wild Spruce Market in Custer has everything you need to make a "bagel supreme" :-). Yet another beautiful day, blue skies, not too...
chrisbentley349
Jun 28, 20251 min read


Day #74: Keystone to Custer (28 miles)
Another beautiful day, riding through Alpine terrain, made friends with Dana McKnight at a diner in Hill City. Like me, he had ridden...
chrisbentley349
Jun 27, 20251 min read


Day #73: Rapid City, SD to Keystone (30 miles)
Rapid City, South Dakota had thunderstorms last night, so the plane circled for 45 minutes before we were cleared to land. But the...
chrisbentley349
Jun 26, 20251 min read


Day #72: Restarting the Journey
Almost a year after I had to suspend my cross-country ride, I’m getting back on the road… I had two operations (kidney stone and...
chrisbentley349
Jun 26, 20251 min read


Day #71: Temporary break in the trip
I’m sorry for the lack of updates... once I got to Newcastle, WY, it turns out I had a third bout of bladder infection and the symptoms...
chrisbentley349
Aug 11, 20241 min read


Day #70: Custer, SD to Newcastle, WY (36 miles)
Google showed that I would climb 1,400 feet today, but descend 2,500 feet. I didn't fully grasp that all the climbing was in the first...
chrisbentley349
Aug 9, 20241 min read


Day #69: Keystone to Custer, South Dakota (28 miles)
It was a glorious day... a little cool, so I had my long pants, sweater and wind breaker on for parts of the ride, but the sun came out...
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Aug 8, 20241 min read


Day #68: Rest Day in Keystone
Well, it was sort of a "rest" day... I left the saddle bags in the motel room and rode my pared-down bike the 850 feet up to Mount...
chrisbentley349
Aug 7, 20241 min read


Day #67: Rapid City to Keystone, South Dakota (16 miles)
What a miracle a good night's sleep is! At the end yesterday's ride I felt broken, but after 8 hours of rest I felt ready to get on the...
chrisbentley349
Aug 6, 20241 min read


Day #66: Interior to Rapid City, South Dakota (73 miles)
If yesterday was magic, today was a trial by ordeal... I think it was the hardest ride of my trip, because it was so long and the...
chrisbentley349
Aug 5, 20242 min read


Day #65: Kadoka to Interior, South Dakota (34 miles)
Today was a magical day for several reasons... In the first place, the blast furnace heat from yesterday was gone at least at the start...
chrisbentley349
Aug 5, 20242 min read
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