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Buddy, thanks for the route suggestions. I modified my route to follow your back road suggestions south and north of Bigfork. But not the gravel road coming in to Big Fork because I would stay in a hilltop motel outside of the downtown area. I think the Montana loop will work well for me because the daily distances and daily ascent are well "balanced".
9 months agoYou have some interesting future tours. Your Montana loop covers some ground that I was planning on riding last year until my plans got sidetracked a bit - still hope to ride it someday. FWIW, as part of that planning effort, I developed a couple of maps that may be of interest to you. My Condon to Bigfork map includes an alternative routing that gets you off the highway a bit; https://ridewithgps.com/routes/43092198, and my Bigfork to Whitefish map may be of some use to you as it also attempts to avoid the busier roadways; https://ridewithgps.com/routes/43098287. Since I've never ridden the route I can't vouch for them, but I did what study I could do using Google Earth and RWGPS street views. Looking forward to reading about your future tours,
9 months agoThat’s how I remember it anyway. Greyhound required boxes back then.
1 year agoBus ride?
1 year agoNice to meet you Charmaine. I hope you enjoy the journals. I try to include information that other cyclists would want to know. I notice you have done a lot of bike tours but have no journals posted here. You might have fun creating a journal that is a digest of all your tours similar to my 1988-2002 Bike Tours "journal" which has one page per tour, with the route map, a couple photos, and a little bit of text for each tour. You could also upload your favorite bike tour self-portraits to your Profile page. Or just scenic pictures of your touring bike if you're in the Witness Protection Program. Food for thought... Thanks for all the comments!
1 year agoI've stayed at the Geiser Grand Hotel - it was lovely. :)
1 year agoOdd to name the theatre "Eltrym" (Myrtle spelled backwards). Guess they thought it would be eye-catching.
1 year agoI liked Baker City. :)
1 year agoI've biked this road - I remember the wind turbines.
1 year agoNice that you vary your ride distances, and I appreciate that you stop to take pictures and actually SEE what you're riding by. :)
1 year agoThanks for including the history of the Rajneeshpuram sign - that was very interesting!
1 year agoYour B&B you stayed at reminds me of a neat old Victorian B&B I stayed at in Missouri near the Rock Island Trail.
1 year agoNice B&B you stayed at. :)
1 year agoYum - a place to buy mushrooms - - too bad they were closed...
1 year ago
Gorgeous!
8 months ago