The official Adventure Cycling Association maps I’ve used since Hartford, Illinois (just north of Saint Louis) directed me into Missoula proper, but in reality Lewis and Clark didn’t make it that far north. At Travelers Rest they headed west through the mountains again, via the Lolo pass, a Nez Perce trading road that follows aContinue reading “The Lolo: Passed”
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Traveler Rests
First off, sorry for the lack of posts last week. A week ago Friday I got into a car accident. I was rear ended while driving on the highway and injured my back, and I was in too much pain to concentrate on writing. Today’s a little better, so I’m going to push on. SoContinue reading “Traveler Rests”
Flat Mountain
The next morning I was ready to conquer this mountain! However, my bike was not. Overnight my rear tire went flat (it’s always the flipping rear)! My morning started with a tube change. The only tube I could find was still in the box didn’t even have a cap on it. I replaced the tubeContinue reading “Flat Mountain”
Delayed Post
This week’s Tuesday post is going to be delayed. I’ve had limited service, and while i had already written at least half of my post written it was hidden in the depths of my harddrive and took me way too long last night to track down. So stay tuned. Exciting post coming up soon!
The Lemhi Pass and the Salmon Valley
I followed a hardly trafficked road that ran alongside a freeway, constantly passing underneath overpasses and wondering to myself what I would do if a bear was just chilling around the next bend. The landscape was bleak, rock dirt and stifled, dry grass. There were a bunch of campgrounds concentrated around a reservoir called Clark’sContinue reading “The Lemhi Pass and the Salmon Valley”
Nearing the Divide
The next morning, I biked the last few miles to the Headwaters of the Missouri River. It didn’t hit me until I called my dad and he said I’d biked the entire length of two of the most major rivers in the country that it really hit me how much I’d done. I was radiatingContinue reading “Nearing the Divide”
Dead Body in the Trunk?
I biked between spires of dark rock, on a leisurely road between the mountains and always right next to the Missouri. My maps had me go along a road that ran parallel to I-15 until just before this point where once again it told me to take the interstate. My mom scouted ahead and saidContinue reading “Dead Body in the Trunk?”
That’s Bear Safety 101
On my way out of Great Falls I had an awful surprise. As I began loading my limited supplies on my bike to head out of town, I couldn’t find my bear mace. We pulled into a parking lot to search. I pulled everything out of the back seat to try to find it, butContinue reading “That’s Bear Safety 101”
Reaching the Falls
Just outside of Fort Benton I saw my precious prairie dogs for the last time. I was pretty sure I saw the familiar mounds when we drove by after Geraldine, and when I biked past them, I was proven correct. I was so thrilled to see them where I didn’t expect them that it softenedContinue reading “Reaching the Falls”
Trivia Champions!
You might be asking yourself, “Meghan, why so resistant? Just go to the bike shop!” I was in Montana. There were vast spaces between towns. It was over 100 miles to Lewistown. I had to wrestle with skipping such a huge chunk of mileage. I wanted to backtrack when I got my bike working again,Continue reading “Trivia Champions!”
The Stars On the Horizon 