Friday the 15th
Missoula to Gardiner
Had a short shopping visit in a Wal-Mart at Missoula. Gerald bought a year’s supply of jeans and shirts for about $70. Graham bought a new pair of boots for a bargain price. Then on the road to Gardiner, which is just outside the gates to Yellowstone. Graham had a full day on the bike. He’s back! But he declined an offer to go boot scooting tonight.
As we travelled the country opened up to a wider valley. The mountains were a little lower at first and less wooded than Washington but always we had a view of snow capped peaks. Lunch at Butte and a chance chat to a local. He had taken up riding in the last five years and gave us some directions to good bike roads South and West of Yellowstone for later. The snow capped mountains got larger and at times were 180 degrees around us, but still the valley was wide and many ranches had cattle but very little grass. Apparently they had snow last week and the weather was foul. Today it is low 70’s, how lucky have we been with the weather? The view from the motel tells some of the story.
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