GDMBR -USA

We were warned by those heading south that the views were going to be stunning on the last days of our trip – and they were

From the Canadian border north there are two options – the alternate, lower route that goes thru Fernie or the main route that tackles 3 significant

Just before the town of Bigfork we were befriended by motorcyclist Steve, who lived up the road in Whitefish and offered us a spot on

We have been enjoying some lakeside camps – Coopers Lake, Lake Clearwater, Seeley Lake and Flathead lake and they have varied from no people, no

After our holiday in Bozeman we were ready to spin the wheels again. With forecasted bad weather we had a big day to Park Lake.

Between flat cell phones and a lack of libraries, I am a bit behind on the blog front. Rest assured we are still making progress

We embraced our time off in Bozeman and had a good break from biking enjoying dog walking, great eating, shopping for fat bikes for E

It is not all about food but we quite often plan our days to camp 15-20 miles out of a town then ride in for

We enjoyed our ‘zero’ days in Jackson Hole. I am not sure I even left the house on our first day, but I clocked a

There is a perfectly good paved road from Pinedale to Jackson Hole – of course the GDMBR doesn’t take it – much nicer to take

It is fun to be heading thru the riders on the Tour Divide – the north to south race that follows the GDMBR. It puts

We have written off Taco Johns fast food, but were pleasantly surprised by the McDonalds breakfast – from our 5 am sampling! Sadly there was

Steamboat was our last Coloradoan town. We were surprised to hit a lot of snow on the next pass we crossed given that it was

We left the hecticness of the Breckenridge/Frisco area on the lovely paved cycle trail that we had followed all the way between Breckenridge and Silverthorne.

The beauty of this ride is the ever changing terrain and circumstances. One morning we are eating breakfast in the comfort of our tent vestibule

Refreshed after our stay with Enrique and Taco we left town early on a sunny morning, 3 days of food on board for the stretch

We made it to Horca (the town with no food for sale) just in time to miss a wee snow blizzard. There are more shops

We left Cuba with full tums from the popular (and very good ) Mexican restaurant Bruno’s. Alan, Rob and I climbed out of town, initially

We arrived in Grants just as the storm hit with rain and wind and hail further south, but soaking in the Travel Lodge hot pool

In the 1920’s a man starts a general store on Route 60 – one of the first coast to coast US routes. His doughnuts were

We enjoyed paved roads out of Silver City for the climb into the mountains. The Gila hot springs and Cliff Dwellings National Monument were far

The on-ramp of Interstate 10 has a bunch of signs, one of them (amazingly) aallowed us to ride on the shoulder of these 4 lane ‘motorways’.

New trip and new bike setup. We have ditched the carriers and panniers and our home is strapped to the frame of our fat bikes

The Great Divide Route in the US is a 4300km route from the Mexican border to Banff in Canada. It crosses the Divide many times