I've been promising to post some photos of my commute. So, today Coleen, the kids, and I rode into town to our 'Farmer's Market.' I took the liberty of a slow ride to take some photos of the rural part of my commute. I will post the city portion of my commute in Part 2 in the next week or two.

I hope you enjoy this brief look into my world. (11 photos)

Bob

This is where I get on the pavement. Its 70MPH 2 lane and no shoulder. The speed limit drops at the bottom of the hill to 45MPH. Thehill looks much smaller in the photo than it actually is.

This is the little hill just before an area called "Irish Acres."

This is the view once your on top of the little hill by "Irish Acres."

Looking over the Missouri River toward "White Bear Island."

Coming up on "Dead Man's Curve."

Another view of the Missouri River.

Dead Man's Curve just ahead.

The long straight section just after "Dead Man's Curve."

Back along the Mighty Mo!

Another along the Mighty Mo!

Just around the bend from the city limits. This is where I'll begin Part 2 in a week or so. I hope you enjoyed this little glimpse into my commute.

Nice series...

Must be a blazingly fast commute...looks rather flat. But, if you're in MT, I suspect that the wind rarely stops blowing...or is that Wyoming...I forget...it's bee a while since I've been out west.

Your right. The route I take is pretty flat and fairly quick. The wind is a constant companion here.

Companion or annoyance

LOL. Depends on the direction.

Here is a map of my commute. My primary route is in red it is mostly flat and winding. My secondary route is in blue and is very hilly. The photos in this thread are of the route indicated in red.

very nice

Looks like you could mount up some flotation tires for the red route.

CZ. Trees, rivers...Nice commute...Hope its' appearance reflects a lack of cars, most of your commutes. how lucky.
One of the selling points for cycling for so many of us...About areas such as this...
Photos of freeways choking with cars not moving.

Thanks.

Yeah. And on a hot afternoon commute home I get to see bikinis too. The "red" route is much more enjoyable. The blue route has no trees until I get into the city. The one advantage of the "blue" route is on the commute home it offers fantastic vistas of the "Little & Big Belt Mountains and the Rocky Mountain front.

On this leg of my commute I may be passed by 10 cars total going the same direction. Fewer going the opposite direction. Most people that live near me use the "blue" route since it is much shorter and enters the city at about its half way point from east to west. The map also only indicates the rural part of the commute. The city part has much more traffic.

So do you take that route in the winter also? It must get a lot of drifts.

Great pics, thanks for sharing!

Great pics. how far is your commute ?

Beautiful! Thanks for sharing!

Your right, Jean. It does get quite drifty. In fact, both routes are prone to them.


Red route ~6.5 miles each way.
Blue route ~4.5 miles each way