Miles = 48 East Glacier, MT to Cut Bank, MT Weather = Rainy all day; stormy evening The Rockies are now behind us!!!  All we see ahead are the rolling hills of the plains.  It was a flat day in the rain.  A standing severe thunderstorm warning came up for the late afternoon and evening, [...]

Mi = 77 Columbia Falls, MT to East Glacier, MT Matt and Laureen’s first anniversary! Over the continental breakfast in the motel, they promised one another to do something less draining and smelly next year. Perhaps something fancy! Hot day–100 by noon! Lot of climbing! We spent our first anniversary tackling the Rocky Mountains to [...]

Mi = 65 Eureka, MT to Columbia Falls, MT Another HOT one! 90 degrees by 11am today. We got an early start, leaving by 6:30am. Matt’s tire made it to Whitefish, where there is a bike shop. The tape that protects the tube from the rim wasn’t the correct size and so it was slipping, [...]

Mi = 74 Libby, MT - Eureka, MT We love these signs!  They mean that a very large downhill is coming up!  Matt loves them so much he wants to kiss them.  So he did.  Look: Whoa!  Rough Day!  (As I wrote this statement, Jon said, “That’s an understatement!”) The first part of the day flew by.  [...]

Mi = 52 Heron, MT to Libby, MT Made it to the post office in Libby, MT by 3pm, which was our goal for the day. We needed to get our food before it closed because tomorrow will be a long, grueling day and we couldn’t wait around for the post office to open at [...]

Mi = 68.5 Priest River, ID to Heron, Montana Weather–cool in the am, warm/hot in the day We still can’t get over how the morning begins at 35-40 degrees and by 11am it’s in the 80s or 90s. Priest River, ID to Heron, MT We entered another state! We crossed into a new time zone [...]