Thursday Aug. 9 – Saturday Aug. 11, 2018
We were off early to bike Gateway to Glacier Trail. We parked in Hungry Horse and headed up the mountain. I was Huffin and Lenny was Puffin. Our hearts had a good workout within the first mile – I reached a high of 155 bpm. Sorry to say we did not ride the 10 miles. We went 5 miles out and headed back for a total of 10 miles. Good workout though.
We had lunch at a deli/cafe in Hungry Horse – Lenny had a big bison burger! Since we had plenty of day remaining we decided to visit Glacier National Park and drive Going-to-the-Sun Road. It was an awesome drive. Unfortunately haze from the fires in Idaho, California and Oregon made it difficult to see the mountains clearly.
We planned to leave Kalispell early on Friday but had a delay due to issues with our surge protector/power plug. Someone had tried to take the unit during the night and it was jammed in the receiver. It had shorted out, so it’s fortunate we didn’t have a fire.
The trip from Kalispell to Missoula was very scenic. The haze seemed to clear some south of Flathead Lake. We saw a large herd of bison at the National Bison Range. We were able to get parts for a new plug in Missoula and Lenny rebuild the outlet.
The drive from Missoula to Hamilton was beautiful. The temperature was 100 + most of the afternoon. Planned to get out on the Bitterroot Trail early on Saturday morning to beat the heat.
Saturday morning was in the 50s, how refreshing. We had a really nice ride on the Bitterroot Trail. Saw a girl practicing roping – her steer was green and pulled by an ATV.
There were beautiful views of the Bitterroot Range to the west and Sapphire Mountains to the east. Some haze but better than north of Missoula. We really enjoyed this easy ride – did our first 15 miles in an hour and 4 minutes. There were horse, cattle, burros and a nice herd of sheep, breed we’d never seen before.
Highlight of day is that we completed our Montana 100!!
- Great Northern Historical Trail
- Gateway to Glacier
- Bitterroot Trail
I adore Mr. STONEFACE with the green hair!
Yay for 100 in Montana!