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600 mile day

By Car! ... Returning to Wyoming

Monday, July 25, 2016

Sheridan Tour de Wyoming endpoint
Launched Bob, Elizabeth, me
Into Montana.

Great visit with dear friends
Karin Erickson Smith and Ron Smith in Billings.
Perfect cocoon of kind people, good food,
Interesting conversations.

On to mountains above Judith Gap.
My dear sister Jill and husband Ken;
Off grid, resourceful, creative, generous,
Welcoming us.

To "The Waters" of White Sulphur Springs,
Where we soaked in geothermal hot water,
Softening tired biking muscles.

Long day of driving back to Centennial.
Those six hundred miles,
Even more exhausting than bicycle 660 miles,
Parceled over 13 days.

Focus now is to be
Preparing talk for 60th h.s. pre- reunion
Lunch with other returning classmates.

In car backseat yesterday,
Wrote new set of funny bike song words.
Getting ready.

Always challenging to give up a destination bike ride.
Those days are very single-focused,
Have specific end point,
I can mark my progress.

All is well in different focus.

Hugs,
Lin

Today's Limerick:


I rode in the car for forever,
Distressed that arrival would never
Come quite soon enough.
Car riding is tough,
To sit there is quite an endeavor.

The place to meet wonderful people in Billings! 🙂

Bob and Lin Bruce with long-time friends Karin and Ron Smith

with my sister Jill and her husband Ken near Judith Gap, MT

Montana View -- near my sister Jill's place.

Sometimes the simplest things require fearlessness!

Bruce cabin: home for now!

Lin Bruce
 

Lin McLaughlin Bruce uses stories of her cross-country bicycle adventures post age 60 to inspire and encourage people to reach beyond perceived limitations. In her words, "It's never too late to say 'yes' to bigger things!"

Sylvia Langworthy - July 28, 2016

Patsy has helped me get this as I am so curious as to what and where you are….love all the comments limricks and photos…..You must be close to your destination as I imagine you riding into a great hgall on your bike and dressed in the bikers great apparel……What a fine journey for both of you! I love Billings Montana…an aunt of mine lived there and she was fantastic! Oh Joy for your journey!

Suzanne Joyce - July 28, 2016

Go for it gal
So proud of you

    Lin Bruce - August 2, 2016

    Thanks Suzanne! You know, you are one of the “go for it gals” I learned from!

Ann Moline - October 4, 2016

You were born to succeed!!!!!!

    Lin Bruce - October 31, 2016

    Thank you, Ann! I believe that’s true of each of us, as we find our own “thing” and commit to it.

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