Odometer: 806 – 866 (60 miles, 97 kilometers)
It started to rain softly on the sides of the tent at around 6 am. The timing wasn’t good. I waited another 45 minutes or so but it only rained harder. About 7 I decided to get going in spite of the rain and I was on my bike by 9:30am.
It was cold and wet. A combination that is particularly disagreeable in the morning.
As I was packing up the fellow from Helena generously offered a cup of coffee. I declined hoping instead to get warm cycling.
It turned out to be cold and rainy the whole day. The one good thing was that for most of the day I had a decent tail wind.
By noon I arrived at Coonie’s Cafe for a good lunch. From there I took highway 20 directly to Ashton instead of following the meandering GDMBR; the day was not nice enough to enjoy the scenery or the bumpy roads.
I arrived in Ashton about 4pm in the pouring rain. The descent into Ashton was particularly tricky because the rain was hurting my eyes at 30 miles per hour.
I had supper at Chriswells Trails Inn, which wasn’t an inn at all, and slept at Eagle’s Hotel/motel which was too big and nice for such a small town.
That sounds so frustrating. Hopefully the weather gets better in the coming days.
The weather is the weather. I really haven’t had much rain so I can’t complain. It’s very cold in the morning now and it can get as high as 80 F (27 C) in the late afternoon.