Day 33 Circle to Glendive, MT 73 miles

We got up at 5:30 and was on the road by 5:45 am. We left the tent and all of our belongings and headed out of the R.V. park. We decided last night that we would get up early and bike back the 12 miles to where we left off the trail the day before. Sadly, this would add 12 additional miles that we wouldn’t need, but it was the only way to not skip any miles. By the time we made it back to the tent by 8:30am, the wind had already started to blow hard out of the NW, perfect for our SE ride today. We packed everything up, drank some coffee, said our goodbyes to SFS who decided to take a zero mile day, and hit the road. The road was relatively flat for the first 10 miles and with the wind at our bike, we were carried most of the way. Before the town of Lindsay on highway 200, we had a nice long climb up and through rocky terrain, and to my astonishment we then had almost a 25 mile gradual downhill into Glendive. Perfect conditions for the day. We headed toward their library for some weather news, podcast uploads and email and will call it a day dreaming of westerly winds and entering our 4th state, North Dakota. We then headed towards the post office where Matt picked up a post card from our friend Chris Darby. Thank you so much for sending us the card!