Day 5 of the Ride

It's O Dark Ugly here in Montana but my body still thinks it's in Michigan. Weather looks clear for the ride to Glacier. It's only 158 miles to Kalispell so we should have plenty of time for sight seeing in the Park including the "Ride to the Sun". Felt good to sleep in a real bed last night and I'm well rested for the days activities.

Reflecting back on yesterdays ride from Wolf Point I remember thinking about what it would look like when the Rocky's first came into view. Got a taste of it when we rode out of Saco, MT and the "Bear Paw" Mountains appeared to our south. The feeling was awesome; one minute we were riding the "high plains" with gently rolling hills and the next we were looking at mountains silently waiting our arrival. The Bear Paw's are relatively small by western standards with the tallest being about 7000 feet; but to a lifelong flatlander they were a preview of what is to come as we tour Glacier, then move into Idaho and then into the Cascades and Olympia Range in Washington.

More tonight when we find a place to stay and an internet connection; I think we're back in the tents tonight.

UPDATE

After we left out of Shelby we stayed on Route 2 until we got to Browning where we picked up Rte 89 to St. Mary and the East Entrance to Glacier National Park. As we came out of Cut Bank and went over a hill the Rockies came into view and have stayed with us for the remainder of the ride so far. I had to stop and take a photo of their first appearance because I've been dreaming and envisioning what they would look like since I was a kid of about 6 or 7 years of age. If you click on the photo it gets a little clearer but they are off in the distance and I'm guessing at least 60 miles away. As I've said before "for this flatlander they are something that have been on my bucket list long before that was a well understood term". I'll post the photos for Glacier in a separate post when Blue and I consolidate our photos for the gallery.