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”
Tag Archives: Montana
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”
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 