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Welcome to Rugged Family Adventures, a unique blog here for you to explore. Spending time together as a family in the great outdoors has added such value to our lives, and we love having the opportunity to share our passions and thoughts with our loyal readers. We hope this blog inspires you to get outdoors too! Read on, and enjoy.

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Day 29 7/30/21

Another amazing morning waking up in the wildlife refuge. The clacking of the sandhill cranes woke us up and we were off pedaling by...

Day 28 7/29/21

The cacophony of birds slowly brought me to consciousness as the sun rose behind the mountains to start burning off the mist settled in...

Day 27 7/28/21

Day 27 7/28/21 Tough nights sleep with no ac and no cross ventilation. Eventually I opened the door which helped a lot although the...

Day 26 7/27/21

Beautiful morning with a great sunrise and no alarm to get us up since it was a fast day to a small town. We got rolling by 8 am and it...

Day 25 7/26/21

The food was excellent from thebar and the beers cold. We had a Nice talk with the local principal of the achool in a neighboring town....

Day 24 7/25/21

A really good stay last night at the Grasshopper Inn. Breakfast and a latish start at 8.30 but with 33 miles mostly lightly down hill, it...

GDMBR day 22 7/23/21

The burning in my throat and nostrils combined with the acrid smell of smoke permeated my consciousness hours before Tom’s 5 am alarm...

GDT Day 4

Segment: Whitefish,MT to Big Fork, Montana Distance traveled today: 44.4 miles total Total trail miles: 122 miles We headed out of our...

GDMBR day 21 7/22/21

Miles Ridden: 39.1 Elevation gained: 3,169 feet Segment: Butte, MT to Divide Bridge Campground After spending three days off in Butte, it...

Day 23 7/24/21

Kids combining lifesavers and gummy bears to create a new candy… the boredom of being on the trail! This morning was likely the coldest...

Day 22 7/23/21

Over the past several weeks we have had very smokey skies and today we were coming to the cause of it. The Alder Creek fire has been...

Day 20 7/21/21

Sara’s 12th birthday today! We all slept in until 8 am and then hotel breakfast followed by some gear shopping for Sara as birthday...

Day 21 7/22/21

Three weeks in to our trip now! We had a 38 mile day, 4000 ft climb today. Today at the 30 mile mark we had a decision to make - the main...

GDMBR day 15 and 16 7/17/21

Miles ridden: About 38 Elevation gained: 2,700 ish Segment: Helena, MT to Boulder, MT After an incredible and unexpected zero day in...

Day 19 7/20/21

A very busy zero day with plenty of riding around today! Butte is a on ‘the richest hill in the world’ and we went up and down that hill...

Day 18 7/19/21

A fast ride from the campsite the 18 miles in to town. Sara had her ‘town ride’ as she is anxious for her birthday celebration and we are...

Day 17 7/18/21

The Wedding party went well into the night and it sounded like they had a good time. The music finally stopped around 11 pm and we were...

Day 16 7/17/21

We made it to Boulder! Montana… not colorado! We got up as the alarm went off and Sara came in from the camper where she and andrew...

Day 15 7/16/21

Slept in until 7 am and then ate hotel breakfast and headed over to Dawn and Scott. They had an extra car and let Crys and I run our...

GDMBR day 13 7/14/21

Today was defined by extremes: challenges, pushing physical limits, human kindness and the generosity Of strangers. The morning started...

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