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“Chain Up Area 1/2 Mile”

Does that mean uphill or downhill?

I would prefer the latter.

Still an ignorant ass hole move.

Better phone a friend.

Most consider it an ignorant ass hole move to ride a bicycle on a busy mountain road.

The are no bike lanes on a mountain road.

I have you on ignore, but it looks like you have hijacked another thread that had nothing to do with you whatsoever.

Congratulations, I guess...

I’m sorry, mudhen.

I won’t post any more.

More lies.

Hot damn, a put-your-chains-on-before-you-climb sign of course.

But I got this! Just granny-geared up the whole damn thing Longest continuous slope I have ever climbed.

What was it Helen Reddy said?

“I am strong, I am invincible...........”

Cardiac to follow......

Be strong Birdy.

But if you do keel over.....try and do it outside the lane of traffic.......

I don't see a problem with a bicyclist on the road that stays to the right in the margin. I don't get bothered even if they take a little bit of the lane for a short stretch if needed then get back over. As long as they indicate they are conscientious and courteous, I'm good with that. I also don't mind if they are in the lane where the speed limit isn't that great, and they are moving it along, especially if they have a hill and can really scoot.

In that Cummins vs Cyclist video, I didn't see any cyclists infringing on the driving lane. The Cummins driver certainly didn't have any problems getting by them so I don't agree with his rolling coal on them. Cyclists only bother me if they make no effort to make way for vehicles. It's obvious when they are being obnoxious about it and especially so when they have a large group spread out taking one or more lanes.

Give it back, you're getting it all wrinkled..... (j/k)

Birdy, if you make it back out to Ohio, at any time, let me know. I'm sure we can find a pool table and some adult beverages.

Hell I couldn’t walk up one of those fuggin Montany hills with my wore out knees any more. Much less ride a bike.
You da man Mike!

Hey I was in the gas station here in Boulder and some young guy comes up to me and says, "Hey I seen you grinding up the pass man that was rad!" his buddy advised me that here at the OZ Motel they got good wifi and they do Which means I can show pics here again sooo....



Eerie coincidence.....



'Nother eerie coincidence today, do you recall Mittens, from scene two?



OK, back to business, the coolest thing I thought about the City Bar in Great Falls was the bicycle/coffee shop/locksmith next door....



The Celtic Cowboy gets two thumbs up.....



...as does the North 40.....



Finally, the airport in Great Falls uses an actual vintage aircraft as a weather vane

Covered so much ground/taken so many photos in the last three days I hardly know where to begin....

The part of the Great Falls what ain't been covered up....



Heading south out of Great Falls into a stiff headwind, somewhere in this photo is a buffalo jump and a bridge used to film a scene in "The Untouchables"....

This was around 3pm on a Monday, note how packed with traffic I 15 was, pretty much the way its been the whole time....



Further along, the water is the Missouri, in the background was the first notable climb.



Up that hill, a scenic lookout....



Further along, homes along the Missouri, the current is swift, Louis and Clark and Co. musta worked their a$$es off to pole against it.



My home for the night, the rest area just short of Craig. Rain was forecast so I slept on the ground behind the bike. I can sleep most anywhere but an inflatable pillow sure helped. Unpacked my 40F rated sleeping bag and used it like a blanket.

This is a great shot.

It had to be unbelievable for Lewis and Clark seeing that country for the first time!

Day Two:

This was in my sheet in the morning, a psuedoscorpion, maybe an inch long......



Just outside of Craig, that's the Dearborn River joining the Missouri from the west, it was soon figured out you could save 400 miles following the Dearborn west than you could following the Missouri which flows from the south all along this stretch....



Drift boats for fly fishing piled up in Craig, ain't seen drift boats since the the Upper Delaware on my NY bike trip. The rancher lady at the bar said if ya can't catch trout on the Missouri ya can't catch 'em anywhere.... Meanwhile up at Wolf Creek a couple of local guys said everyone fishing at Craig are from somewhere else, you can tell because they catch fish and then just let 'em go.....



Two thumbs up for this place, open at 8am and free WiFi, a local rancher lady tends the bar in her spare time. Good coffee and all the good conversation ya can handle, makes me sad tho to be around the local alcoholics getting their morning fix. Like everybody else, the rancher lady did observe that Montana is being bought up by Californians at an alarming rate.....



Among the graffiti on the porch, the words of a sage....



At the places I've been so far Montana is the land of happy dogs, this one in Craig reminded me so much of the late lamented best dog in the world in my avatar that I took her photo...

Day Two, part two....

Climbing up Wolf Creek along the old road, I figured the smaller the creek got, the closer I was to the top...



Coming back onto the Interstate, the top had to be close, I mean how much mountain was left?



At the top; this is how they mark traffic fatalities in Montana. Elegantly simple I thought...



I was figuring to jet back down after reaching the top, but the road opened up onto about eight to ten miles of high mountain meadows.



Had to push the bike up about the last mile to the second high pass on the other side, I was dead beat and almost out of water but I made it, here looking down from near the top of Mac 3 Hill...