Staying one pedalstroke ahead of the road closures

Today the mom and I left Lewistown and started pedaling up the Judith Mountains into a horrendous headwind. For eight miles up it was a battle for every inch! Many of the roads out of Lewistown were closed due to flooding but fortunately the one we were on was still open.

Once we reached the other side of the Judith Mountains, the headwind stopped. We had a quick 25 mile gradual downhill pedal into Grass Range. The descent chilled us (it was gloomy, cold, and cloudy but not raining at that point) so we decided to stop in the cafe to warm up an have a bite to eat. Brunch for lunch - yum! While we were at the cafe a motorcyclist who had passed us going the other way stopped in. He had been turned around a couple of miles after passing us because a large portion of the road collapsed due to erosion from the flooding just after we had passed it. Good thing we got an early start this morning.

Soon after leaving the cafe, the trip odometer rolled over to 1000 miles. I figure that is probably about as much as I rode all of last year! While taking the picture of the odometer we also got a shot of the surrounding flooding. Water was everywhere. In the fields. In the towns. Everywhere. At one point on the ride we began a stampede of cattle. Cool. We arrived after 59 miles of pedaling into the small town of Winnett. Our tent is pitched on the side of a small hill in the city park. The flat grassy areas are totally waterlogged and if we set up camp there, I would be afraid of floating away if it rains tonight! Tomorrow we will be riding 77 miles to Jordan. Still trying to get out of Montana. We figure we have four more days.