104 miles and many thanks to Aeolus for all the help.

We stopped last night because of the storm and saw that today was forecast to be very windy with blowing from the West. Perfect, we thought, and it was a prescient decision. For us, the road (Rte. 2) runs due east so we profited all day long from tailwinds.  I wish we had a spinnaker! There were times we coasted at 24 miles an hour propelled only by the wind at our backs. A greater biking century can not be imagined.

Many of the small towns on our route are on hard times with businesses closed and some buildings abandoned but we were prepared with PB&J sandwiches. At one point we were stopped by a Montana Highway Patrolman and advised to stay on the shoulder. The problem for most of the day was that the shoulder was narrow and, in some places, white line to grass rumble strips but we complied!

We passed through Dunkirk, Devon, Inverness and Kremlin then rolled into Havre, the home of Montana State University Northern and found a hotel room and Pizza Hut. Tomorrow we’re off to Malta with not as much wind in the forecast.