Camping in Montana

Yesterday morning we had perfect weather, a bit chilly and no winds. Tyce and I knocked out 35 miles pretty quickly, which took us to lunch. The rode was nice and the truckers that passed us were very kind. They got way over and slowed for us.


After lunch I started out with Tyce, Aaron, and Erica but dropped back to ride slightly slower. I rode about 20 miles alone and had a great time. I thought about being a lone cowboy in this land on my horse, except that I was on a bike. We have been in such remote areas, there are hardly any houses and signs of human development, which is incredible. There is so much open space out here.

I eventually caught up with my group and we ended up at a cafe in a teeny town. Since we were headed into a night of camping with little food, we needed to load up. I enjoyed some sweet potato fries and cottage cheese with fruit. I also bought two Naked smoothies that have a ton of veggies and fruit.

We crossed the Montana stateline 2.3 miles from our host. It was fun entering a new state but eastern Montana pretty much looks like North Dakota. Our campsite has no trees anywhere and you can see for miles in every direction. It's definitely not my kind of camping. I want trees.

Upon getting into the camp everybody went swimming in the 200ish acre lake that is so full of calcium there are no fish (it clogs their gills). It was so refreshing and great for relaxing our muscles and moving in a different way. We spent the afternoon and night hanging out, making dinner, putting up tents, and trying to find shade. The tent I stayed in had a screened roof so we could see the stars. It was beautiful.