I left Missoula this morning and the temperatures were in the high 30�??s. But, the skies were clear, so I at least knew I would be staying dry. I put on lots of layers of clothing so I could shed them as the temperatures rose and as I started the climb up Lolo Pass.

We woke up around 7 AM today to exactly what the weatherman said we would wake up to — a steady rain and temperatures around 40 degrees. We decided to have a leisurely breakfast in hopes that the rain would stop or at least the temperatures would come up a bit.
And the rain […]

Today’s ride started off dry…almost. I was just getting ready to leave when a man approached and asked what we were doing. The man had a foreign-sounding accent, but he said he was from North Carolina. As Pat and I stood in the parking lot explaining to him about The Dream Tour, […]

A while ago, I posted a survey on terminology. Essentially, do people prefer “diabetic” or “a person with diabetes”. At that time, I promised to post the survey results. Here are those (overdue) survey results:

I havediabetes
I don’thavediabetes
I prefer‘diabetic’
I prefer‘person withdiabetes’
Comments:

 
X
 
X
 

 
X
 
X
 

 
X
 
X
People first and foremost!

X
 
 
X
 

 
 
 
 
None of the above. I have diabetes. […]

I really wish I could tell you that today was a beautiful fall day in Montana. We had a 15-20 mile per hour wind from the north, temperatures in the low 50’s, and grey skies that seemed to be held up by the mountain ranges to the east and west of us. […]