Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Helena Cyclists - I Need Your Help! Please!!!

I just purchased a Greyhound bus ticket to Helena. If I don't get bumped at any of the four transfer points, then I will arrive next Thursday at around 7:45 pm. The new baggage restrictions may prohibit me from bringing both my bike and BOB trailer. I don't mind paying the extra fees, but I was told that if there was not room on any of the connecting buses for me or my gear then tough luck! There is no way to make a reservation; you just have a ticket on a first come first seated basis.

I was also told that I may have to use GreyhoundXpress to ship my bike and trailer. The other Catch 22 is that GreyhoundXpress does not ship to Helena (the capital of Montana)! Too cool for school I guess?

I desperately need a physical address to UPS or FedEx my bike and BOB trailer to in Helena. Eric at at Great Divide Cyclery has offered to let me ship the bike there, but the BOB is equally critical to the trip. I am concerned about tying up space in the shop when the GDR racers are blowing through next week. Help!!

Thanks!

Based on the Tour Divide racers' reports I am going to head south. I should easily get to Rawlins, Wyoming by the end of July and hopefully down into Colorado. I have to be back in Albuquerque by August 6th.

I should add that I already have made a reservation at Budget Inn Express, which is very near the Greyhound bus station in Helena. The bus trip is 38-39 consecutive hours, so I expect to sleep like a log when I get in even if it is noisy. I just put in some ear plugs and let the coyotes howl and the wind blow. I even sleep through the rain, i.e., at Ojo Frio near Cabezon, NM.

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