Friday 6/29/2012 will go down as one of my favorite days on the Big Ride. It did not start off so well because in a hurry to get started six of us went the wrong way to start the day and ended up doing 3 extra miles on a 100 mile day. The first 11 miles were steep rolling hills and the next 12 miles we a long but not to steep climb up through a beautiful canyon. THEN the fun started. We had a screaming 6 mile down hill where I reached 42 mph. Then the road flattened out and we picked up a 20 mph tailwind and I was cruising along at an average speed of 22 mph for the next 30 miles. WOW!! We reached the little town of Harlowton,Mt  (pop 950 ) and spent the night. We had a great dinner cooked just for us by a local couple trying to start a resturant. All in all a VERY good day.