Donuts and Gorillas

The mom woke me up this morning right when I was in the middle of the most amazing dream. This did not bode well for a good start to the day as all I wanted to do was go back to sleep and resume the dream. Then I really wanted a donut this morning but did not have the opportunity to get one. Donutless, I grumpily took off for Fort Benton (57 miles) with the mom. We had a good ride through the plains with three major climbs and descents through the plateaus and coulees in between. Just before our last climb of the day we were riding by a large lake where a swarm of bugs had hatched. It was gross and creepy as they were EVERYWHERE. They got in out helmets, shirts, and sunglasses. The buzzing sound of them flying could be heard over the noise of our bicycles. They were so thick we couldn't stop. The one good thing about the bug infestation was that it gave us ample incentive to get up the last climb and away from the bugs as quickly as possible so that we could shed our clothing and helmets in a frantic search for any that might remain on our bodies.

We are camping in a beautiful campground on the Missouri River. We asked the man who works here where the best food in town was. He did not lead us astray. We followed his advice and both had the best juicy burgers on homemade rolls with homemade french fries. So satisfying. It almost made up for the lack of donut in the morning!

We restocked on our food supplies and noted that the grocery store has both fresh donuts and gorillas. That will be our breakfast plan for tomorrow before heading to Denton!