Dickey Lake

We got another early start today - 6:30 and were greeted by the call of loons as we climbed up the highway. Later as we were riding a road that traversed a cliff we saw a young moose running down the road toward us with a logging truck following slowly behind. With nowhere else to go the moose continued along the road toward us but thankfully passed by safely. For just a moment we weren't sure where the moose was going or what if anything we should do. We continued riding past Lake Koocanusa to Eureka where we had a great breakfast. Then onward through some beautiful ranch land. It's interesting how quickly this land changes. We also intersected with the Great Divide Mountain Bike route.

We finished the day at North Dickey Lake campground - another USFS campground. The campground has a great beach and the water feels great. An interesting thing occurred because these camp grounds don't have showers. After 3 days of riding without a shower my thought for just a second after diving into the water was one of surprise as to how salty the water tasted. Tomorrow we will be in White Fish Montana where we will be staying at a hotel for 2 nights - then we will get proper showers.

The forecast continues to predict temperatures in the 100s for this weekend so our plans are to lay low and be tourists in the Glacier National Park area. We will be in White Fish for two nights followed by two nights in West Glacier. We continue hearing reports that Glacier is already very crowded this year so the plan as we play tourist will be to ascertain the advisability of riding the Going to the Sun road (traffic wise). If we don't we will head east over Maria's Pass. Once past the mountains we suspect faster travel - there are just to many beautiful placing here to stop on visit.

Miles today = 48

Total miles = 915

 

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