Bicycled 60 miles from Havre to Chester, Montana today in less than
favorable conditions. Monte Cherry and I were on the road by 4:30 this morning.
We immediately were confronted with a steep hill and a strong wind blowing
directly in our face. We took turns taking the lead so the other might draft and
have some relief from the wind. We struggled through this for the first 25 miles
until we got some relief. The winds abated and we had perhaps another 20 miles
with pretty good conditions. Shortly thereafter the wind picked up again and we
struggled until we reached Chester, Montana. We passed through Kremlin, then
Guilford, Hingham, Rudyard, Inverness, Joplin, until we reached Chester at about
three in the afternoon. Along the way we met and conversed with a number of
really charming people. Most were farmers and a few were ranchers. Wheat and
barley are the main crops and raising cattle is a significant enterprise as
well. The terrain we found to be generally flat along with rolling hills.
Highway 20, our main route, followed the railroad and each little town we passed
through was coupled closely to railroad history. All in all it was a good but
exhausting day.
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