In Memory of Warmer Summers

July 7 through July 9th

The ride is certainly not all about the land, but this is Montana – large farms, huge tracts to work, so this little team was listed for sale.  Are we farming or what?

Meet Cadence.  She camped with us near Wolf Point and is riding solo from Minneapolis to Vancouver Island:

After Wolf Point we overtook John here crossing the Missouri River on an old bridge that was opened only to cyclists on this particular day due to some historical reseachers visiting in the area.  John is from Salem, OR also riding solo on the Northern Tier to Maine.

And last, but not least, meet Katie. Katie camped with us outside of Glendive having started in Virginia and riding the Trans-Am to the Louis and Clark Trail solo on her way to Washington.  She’s a former USAF pilot and she’s an accomplished traveler.

We completed Montana after roughly 800+ miles in the state on July 9th getting to Medora, North Dakota.  We met with the “Three Teachers” once more and tried to get a hotel room due to bad storms expected that night.  The Teachers were succesful, we were not, so off to the campground Sallie and I went. 

While doing a load of laundry, Sallie and I encountered Greenbriar at the same campground.  We had not seen him since Logan Pass in Glacier

Unfortunately, a bad electrical storm settled in with extremely high winds and driving rain.  Sallie’s tent was struck by some loose wire fencing and her rain fly was shredded on one side.  We shifted gear around and both of us shared my tent for the remainder of the night.  The storm took down a number of tents, there were some vehicles damaged by falling limbs and one RV was slammed into by a trampoline that came from an undetermined distance away.