A Low Mileage Tuesday.

We set a new late starting time record this morning... 10:15, but it doesn't matter, we're on vacation. There was a railroad trestle right behind the Super 8 Motel in Cut Bank. We watched a few trains cross it the night before. This morning we must have timed things wrong, no trains.

We continued our western direction on US-2 to Chester. At Chester, we turned south on 223 down to Fort Benton. There were some scenic old farm buildings weathering away in the fields...

From Fort Benton, we took 228 down to Belt, then 89 past Sluice Boxes State Park...

Through the little town of Neihart...

Over the Kings Hill Summit...

We stopped for a late lunch at Dempsey's in White Sulphur Springs. After a good burger, we walked outside and looked at the sky. there were big dark clouds in the direction we wanted to go. We decided to stop and stay at the Spa Hot Springs Motel. We took advantage of there hot mineral pools... I should sleep good tonight!

Tonights sunset...

The Motel...

Monday in Montana...Leaving the Mountains

After waking up in the tent to a 43 degree morning, I learned that sleeping on a cot was nice, but I should have added my insulated air mattress. My back was cold. We packed and continued north. We had breakfast at the Hungry Bear. They had an interesting appetizer on the menu...

Rocky Mountain Oysters..... eewwww.

We stayed on 83 up to Big Fork, the over to Kalispell. From Kalispell, we took US-2 west, to a few miles west of Happy's Inn. We turned right onto a Forrest Service road. It was scenic but a ROUGH 50 miles!

Trego, MT was the point where we stopped heading west and made the turn east towards home. Momma deer was with her 2 babies eating apples under the apple tree...

From Trego, we turned right onto 93, and eventually picked up US-2 again, and rode towards Glacier National Park. The weather in the mountains looks bad, so we elected to ride US-2 around the park rather than go up over top to ride Going To The Sun Road.

Once out of the park, the terrain turned rolling plains. We'll continue east and south, and will try to avoid the oil fields and road construction of eastern Montana and western North Dakota.