Coffee by the fire before riding life is good!

Day 15

Bozeman to Columbus

Thursday, August 27, 2026

108.8mi

Distance

2,870ft

Elevation gain

Elevation Profile

Photos & Video

Coffee by the fire before riding life is good!

Horses running along side us as we cruised to lunch!

Same group of horses but shot from another rider..

A typical rest stop - get water a snack and get rollin!!

Journal

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Doug

A long cruise across the wide open spaces of Montana was the order of the day… We covered 109 miles and 2600 feet. Most of the climbing was in the morning and the rest of the day was flat with very gradual downhill lots of wind 15 minutes before we arrived at the hotel the skies opened up with the torrential rain, which was our first rain of the trip.

In the lead up to lunchtime, we had an awesome pace-line of 11 of us going along at 20 miles an hour just eating up the distance. And to our left a herd of horses got stirred up to pursue us on the other side of the road - check out the videos!

Cheers

Tom Broadbent

Go Doug! I am one of the riders with Kelly in Canada. My wife and I have enjoyed getting acquainted with her and I am so impressed with your ride across the country. I have always wanted to do that, so I am doing it vicariously through you! Have a great ride today into Wyoming, one of my favorite states!

Jennifer

Loved the pics today. The horses are the highlight!

Dan

About a third of the way through, been pretty epic so far. How many riders are there? How many of them are women? What's the average age? Glad you're feeling so strong.

Lisa

What an amazing day! Racing with the horses though!!! What an experience. Gave me chills watching and had to watch it again! Experience of a lifetime , and you are definitely killing it,Doug! Keep it up! You look great and strong,, lil’ bro! ❤️

Jane

Wowsa! What an epic day you had and my love for horses had me rewatching those beauts!!! You are so strong to be doing this journey and you definitely have the talent of being a videographer while you ride! Say hi to all my family in Columbus! Stay safe! ❤️

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