Rusty Crank Coast to Coast Bicycle Tour across the USA on the ACA TransAM Route

TransAm Day #46 July 11, 2018 Dillon, MT - Wisdom, MT 74 Miles Ride Time 6:08 Hours Tour Total  Miles 3316 details at: https://cyclemeter.com/4b2d99e24f1383f2/Cycle-20180711-0921-02041 I slept very well last night on the floor of a stained glass studio in Dillon, MT. Larry and his wife Lois were our gracious Warm Showers hosts. Warm Showers is an organization that links touring cyclists with places to stay for the night. Larry and Lois are huge cycling advocates. Larry crossed the country with his son in 2005. He is active locally and statewide promoting bike trails and places for cyclists to stay. Larry is a retired physics teacher. He and Lois moved to Dillon several years ago and built a house on a large plot of land outside of town. Larry now makes and teaches stained glass art. He met us in front of the Dillon IGA with his pick-up truck. His place was five miles off route, up in the hills.  We talked for hours out on Larry’s back porch. He had physic...

TransAm Day #47 July 12, 2018 Wisdom, MT - Darby, MT 59 Miles Ride Time 3:58 Hours Tour Total  Miles 3375 details at: https://cyclemeter.com/4b2d99e24f1383f2/Cycle-20180712-1031-94344 This morning I woke up in my tent in the American Legion Memorial Park in Wisdom, and felt like a wreck. I had no idea where Scott and Eileen were. When I had gotten up in the middle of the night, I had mistakenly thought the large rock next to me was Scott’s tent. The stars above were amazing! Cows in a nearby pasture moo-ed, bulls hissed, and coyotes howled all night long. I heard people laughing in the early morning. A pair of cyclists had camped in the park, but not my companions. Where were they? With my tail between my legs I slinked back in to The Crossing for breakfast. The morning waitress was extremely friendly. There was no phone or internet service in Wisdom, but I was able to link back up with Scott and Eileen through the restaurant’s WiFi. They had been unable to ...