After nine days on the road we have a well deserved rest day. Yesterday was quite the last day in our nine day stretch on the road and today everyone would be chilling and recovering  both physically and mentally from our long haul. You need a day off the bike every once n a while . . .

Most of us went to the casino right across the street for breakfast. Allison had given us our $10 ‘breakfast/lunch money’ to paint the town with!!!!

. . . and how about something other than oatmeal or cold cereal this morning . . .

. . . I ordered the make your own skillet breakfast and when Rhonda started asking what I wanted on it I said, ‘’Make it easy and include everything”!!!!  I’ll be good until this evening when we are all heading to the local Mexican cantina for dinner. Dinner at 6:00pm, map meeting at 7:00pm and then get ready for the start of another week of biking . . .  but today was  day of rest, bike maintenance, laundry and maybe a side trip to the Ft Peck Dam and Recreational area for a little swimming.

. . . outside the casino was this gem. Looks like it had just rolled of the production line in the  . . . 1930’s?????

It seems like we have been biking a LONGGGGG time through Montana and we  have. Jim pointed out that Montana is just about the size of ND and MN. He was right and it also about the same distance as WI and MI and everything east of  there. It’s a  BIG state . . .

. . . almost as big as Texas. On the Southern Tier trip we did two years ago it took us 19 days to get across TX.  AND, TX looked a lot like AZ and southern CA.

Speaking of maps . . . here is what we used to get across the US. The ACA Northern Tier  Map Set. Thirteen maps to guide us from Anacortes to Bar Harbor. Each map has about 15 ‘panes’ that are sort of like the old Triple A ‘Trip Tic’ maps you could order for road trips. About 30-50 miles on a pane with the route highlighted in red. There are also narrative instruction located on the left side of each pane. Local cities and attractions are also noted along with what services are located in each town. Towns may show up that have as few as 80 residents. But when you need water . . . one needs to plan ahead. A great resource . . .

. . . on our way to Wolf  Point tomorrow . . .

the Route 2 map . . .

. . .on the back of each map is a plethora of info regarding each town you are passing through, ;local history and the ‘dreaded’ profile map.  Dreaded only because it show what you will be climbing down the road . . .

. . . the profile for Map 2 shows Logan Pass, our highest point on the trip, looking like Mt Everest. No oxygen needed on our ascent . . . but it would have helped!!!!!

On a rest day, there is also time to catch  up on what is happening in the greater Glasgow urban metro area . . . by viewing the latest edition the BS Buzz . . .

 

Sounds like a lot of house for $295, 000 but of course it is In Glasgow, MT . . . location, location location.

. . . here is a good way to help save on wedding invitations . . . just put an ad in the paper and invite everyone . . . to bad we will miss it!!!!

. . . and Sugar sounds like the person to know in Glasgow . . . great photo of her!!!!

It’s Corvins birthday today and he turns 21 in the Great US of A. Probably be a birthday he will never forget as he moves on with his life. We have many birthdays coming up so Allison suggested we would celebrate everyone’s by having a sort of gag gift Christmas in July Birthday exchange.

We went Mexican tonight and Rod had enough left over for lunch tomorrow. Forecasted to be 101 degrees so should be serving temp by lunch time!!!

. . .map meeting birthday cake for Corvin and Secret Santa gifts for birthdays . . .

. . . I received a special wifi extender!!!!

Tomorrow it is on to Wolf Point!!!