Roxy and Linda's Bicycle Blog

15th posting on July 3, 2013 ..... Back to the welcome page and listings for other links

Day 23 - Missoula, MT to Ovando, MT - 51 miles .......... 890 total miles
Today we followed the Blackfoot River upstream. Lots of people out rafting and fishing, no picnic areas though. The scenery was awesome, broad views with mountains in all directions. We're following highway 200 and stopped for a ice cream break at the junction with the highway that heads north towards Kalispell and Glacier NP. We arrived in Ovando and met some guys biking the Continental Divide trail. They had mountain bikes with big tires. Ovando is a small town, population 29. We stayed at the Blackfoot Inn above the general store. It took a long time for the room to cool down, the tent might have been a better choice!

Day 24 - Ovando, MT to Canyon Creek, MT - 63 miles ....... 953 total miles
Made it over the continental divide! We're too tired to celebrate, might be the heat. It is an exciting thought that there are no more big mountain passes for awhile and it's all downhill to the Mississippi, ha ha! We started the day with a big breakfast in Ovando, mistake...took several hours to find any energy. The scenery unfolded around every turn, forests, rivers and open range. We were undecided as to where we would cross the divide as we were venturing off the Adventure Cycling route. We had a smoothie in Lincoln and realized it was too early to stop for the day. Looked at the maps again, they hadn't changed, and noticed there was camping at Canyon Creek General Store over the divide. That became our destination. We had a tailwind much of the day and happily turned off on highway 279, towards Flesher Pass, the traffic was much lighter. We climbed for about 8 miles through forest sighted our favorite sign, picture of a truck heading downhill. The downhill was quite a cruise through forests, meadows with wildflowers and finally to dry farmland with irrigation and hayfields. We're camping at Canyon Creek, nice folks, had some cold beverages & a shower. All is well though the bathroom is quite a ways away from our tent! Happy 4th!

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