It can rain a lot in June in Glacier National Park. I have ridden the west side of Gong to the Sun three times (and descended the east side once). The first time ('99) it was nice, although the visitor center at the pass was still burried under snow. The second time ('00) it rained much of the way up, and it was pretty cold. At the summit, a ranger let me into the employee break room where there was a fire burning. She also let me snag some newspaper to stuff in my arm and leg warmers to help keep me warm during the descent back to camp, during which a bear ran across the road. The third time ('09) it was cloudy at the start, but then the sun came out about half way up, and it stayed sunny the entire time. It's an amazing ride and not as difficult grade-wise as oyu might imagine.

One correction to the article. I did not ride 10,000 miles during my cross country trip. I told the reporter during the phone interview that between May of '99 and July of '00 to did three long tours totaling about 10,000 miles. The interview was not recorded and I could hear the reporter typing notes. She must have misunderstood me or her notes.

I am slated to ride from the Youngstown, OH area home to Philly starting on 9/6. Budgetting 8 days, but may stretch it to nine if the 82 mile day I have planned, after a 73 mile day the day before, is too much.