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Montana OF Gravel Trek, Day 3: Harlowton to Big Timber
“Do you think I’ll need this anymore?” Tom held up a mud-encrusted tongue depressor. He leaned down and scrapped a few clumps of the brown muck clogging his derailleur. “It’s not that bad, just those few puddles back there.” “I … Continue reading
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Montana OF Gravel Trek, Day 3 – ii
Down at the junction, Michele waited with the Ram. “I’m going to drive up a bit, see how the road is, if I can see them,” I told her. As soon as I left Tony Creek, and started up Red … Continue reading
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Montana OF Gravel Trek, Day 3:
“Do you think I’ll need this anymore?” Tom held up a mud-encrusted tongue depressor. He leaned down and scrapped a few clumps of the brown muck clogging his derailleur. “It’s not that bad, just those few puddles back there.” “I … Continue reading
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Montana OF Gravel Trek, Day 2
Roundup to Harlowton “Maybe they have rain pants here,” Satish said. He’d already struck out at the Roundup Hardware and Ranch store. Despite the forecast of two inches of rain, 25 to 40 mile per hour headwinds, and wind chills … Continue reading
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Roundup to Harlowton — iii
Four miles up the road, we stopped at the unsigned intersection of 9-Mile “Road” and US 12. I pointed up the hill. “That’s the best-looking part of this road.” A double track fit for a jeep snaked up towards the … Continue reading
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Roundup to Harlowton – ii
At 9:30, Robin returned, his grin undiminished. “You came back!” I exclaimed. “Did you find the peanut-butter mud those guys promised?” “The surface was OK. Wet and rutty after the pavement ended, but we didn’t sink in or get stuck.” … Continue reading
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Roundup to Harlowton – i
“Maybe they have rain pants here,” Satish said. He’d already struck out at the Roundup Hardware and Ranch store. Despite the forecast of two inches of rain, 25 to 40 mile per hour headwinds, and wind chills in the upper … Continue reading
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Sa Calobra
“Sa Calobra” – “The Snake”, in Catalan Spain is a very young country, with a long and tortuous history. Two millennia ago, the Roman Empire consolidated the Iberian Peninsula, building an extensive road network, many of their famous amphitheaters, and … Continue reading
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El Rocîo
“1492 was a very important year here in Spain, no?” I asked. Michael stroked his ragged, blondish-white beard. “Well, yes. The Moors finally were defeated, the Jews were dispersed, and that Italian fellow set off to the Eastern edge of … Continue reading
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Zapotrek, Part II
“We’ll drive out to Tule, and start our ride from there,” Eric continued, once we’d left the chaos of downtown Oaxaca. We were slowly making our way along a crowded street, rather than taking the main Carretera Internacional a few … Continue reading
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