We started at the Lolo Pass Visitor Center and went on a brief hike to try to find the site Lewis and Clark had camped at when they passed through these mountains. My mom didn’t want to go on a particularly long hike and the paths were kind of convoluted, so we couldn’t find theContinue reading “The Endless Wilderness”
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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”
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”
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”
Goodbye for now, Missouri (River)
When I first asked my mom to meet me and be my support vehicle, I asked her about Great Falls, Montana. I guessed I’d be there in the middle of the first week of August. My mom seems to have spent a lot of time plotting how she could come sooner than later. Her preparationContinue reading “Goodbye for now, Missouri (River)”
Suddenly Supported
On Monday, after that awful 83 mile day I talked to my dad on the phone. He had asked me about a week before if there was any part of my trip that I felt like I could use a support vehicle on. When he first asked I’d mentioned the stretch before Pierre, SD. IContinue reading “Suddenly Supported”
What the Heck is a Hose Clamp?
After a day off due to pouring rain, I got back on the road and continued west along the Missouri. By lunchtime I was in Yankton where I crossed over the Gavin’s Point Dam to visit the Army Corps of Engineers Lewis and Clark Visitor Center on the other side, my last stop in Nebraska.Continue reading “What the Heck is a Hose Clamp?”
The Stars On the Horizon 