Today's ride was glorious, except for a few semis. Seriously move over. I'll be glad to get off of this road with no shoulder!
We woke up this morning and got inspired to ride by watching the Tour de France, which inspired some faux commentary in a British accent during our own tour today. I got the polka dotted jersey!
We lubed our chains this morning which helped so much! My bike was cranky yesterday. We had breakfast and got packed up. Before we left Bud gave us a tour of their photography darkroom. So cool! They operate photography classes and have a chemistry business. I haven't been in a darkroom since college! I seriously wish I could stay there for a week printing pictures. Digital is nice, but I still love film especially when you have control on how to print.
We zoomed today. We left Flathead National Forest and entered into Lolo National Forest. Today was more scenic than yesterday. We even saw snowcapped mountains as we rode along from the Mission Mountain range.
Knowing today's ride would be short and tomorrow is our last day of riding helped for sure. We were also excited to get to Seeley Lake to be able to enjoy the lake! I don't know what Mike looks at as he rides. Today's biking conversation went something like "Did you see _____?" Mike, "nope". And repeat.
We arrived at our lodging earlier than we thought. We thought it was in town but it turned out it was a few miles north of town. We were able to check in and were done with our riding by 2 PM. (So this is what it's like if we were ever to get up early to ride...). We headed into town which is about 2 miles down the road for some lunch. Conveniently the lady at the lodge recommended that we eat at 'the ice cream place'. So we did. We also decided to grab some food to cook for dinner since we have a small kitchenette and didn't want to do the ride twice. We found a grocery store and picked up some stuff to make spaghetti and some vegetables. And then headed back out of town, but not without another stop at the icecream place to get actual icecream this time!
Then back to our little lodge where we were able to rent stand-up paddleboards and go enjoy the lake. We paddled across the lake and jumped in before finally paddling back.
Our cabin is called The Fisherman!
Dinner was cooked, laundry was washed, and it was a pretty good night. Looking forward to heading to Missoula tomorrow!!
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