Day 10 - 248 km

Total: 1800 km

A scenic leg, mostley in the Yellowstone River valley, on small country roads where you would not see a single soul for hours and hours. No photos cause I ran out of battery. Other riders are constantly taking photographs, so it doesn't matter. This, for example, is Hasse from Denmark, one of my favourite fellow riders.

Day 9 - 153 km

Short ride from Harlowton to Billings, the biggest city in Montana. Took me 4:20 hours. Too short to make photos :-)

Day 8 - 208 km

The last day in the mountains, involving a total elevation of 1500 hm again. We crossed
an incredibly beautiful high plateau under the big skies of Montana. This state has the size of germany and less then one million inhabitants.


Nice downhill ride again with some rolling hills and that nice rollercoaster feeling on a narrow and winding road.

Day 7 - 225 km

Total: 1191 km

An important day: we reached the highest point on our route, McDonalds pass, almost 2000 m.
Great view into the land (Lolo pass was disappointing in this respect, just a turn of the street into the woods and a parking lot), and a great downhill ride. Hell of a downhill ride again. Speed limit would be 65 mph, and well, I was a bit faster than that. Halfway I had to stop to allow the brakes to cool down.




This had been a real challenge. Some riders have been travelling from 6 am to 10 pm.

Day 6 - Rest day

One day off to get our bikes fixed, get stuff and meet the friendly people of Missoula. The local bike club had arranged a Potlach in the park.

Someone had the glorious idea to talk the local therapist school to have their class at our campground, so riders received free massages from students practicing their skills.



Josef, the organizer and tour captain, is busy doing media work; we had coverage in local TV and newspapers in most towns we have met. Links can be found on www.rolloveramerica.eu (sooner or later).

Day 5 - 204 km

Entering the Rocky Mountains. Following the scenic Lochsa River, we climbed over Mt. Lolo Pass. Among cyclists, this route has quite a reputation for its 1200 hm ascent.



People arriving the pass were cheered by the fellow riders, and we had a good number of velomobiles there.


The downhill part was exciting, we made the 50 km to Missoula in less than one hour. Fun.

Day 4 - 170 km

Total: 762 km

A shorter ride up Clearwater River with a few stops to jump in. Most riders took it easy and saved their energy for the mountain days to come.