Day 11 REST DAY in Missoula MT


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After a celebration dinner last night and saying goodbye to three riders who only signed on to go to Missoula we have today to relax and gain our strength back.  From my perspective a week's rest might even be better!

Go up at the same time as usual and did QiGong, then had breakfast and off the do the laundry.  Also got a massage and tried to get my personal Garmin 500 fixed. The drive seems to have crashed. Of course dealing with Garmin took about 2 hours and the conclusion is that they will exchange it for a modest fee. Unfortunately they won't send a new one until I'm at my home address which is of course in mid October.  In the mean time I will use the Garmin 1030 that Trek Travel provides.

On the day off the guides completely go over all the bikes, clean them up, make repairs as needed and get us ready for the next leg of the journey.

Today the weather is beautiful and the forecast for the next several days is sunny and reaching a high of 70.


View from the room



The guides and Tara the masseuse

Three riders returning home
Angle, Steve and Chris

Group shot -- notice no one is paying attention

More views from the room



Comments

  1. UnknownAugust 29, 2018 at 7:25 PM

    Karen and I are on rest day 47! ;) Turn any fellow bikers on to QiGong?

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  2. UnknownAugust 30, 2018 at 2:08 AM

    Paul, I'm riding vicariously through you! Sounds like a great ride so far...keep it up! Love the posts!!
    Eric

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