Day 9 into glacier park

Well last night we had a fun time yapping in the parking lot of the beautiful place we were staying at. 

It's funny how we just sit somewhere and people keep showing up. Lots of fun. After supper Michael Rozell of potter's field ministries came and spoke to us about the work their doing around the world to help fight poverty. The place we stayed at used to be the training center for the ministry. Nice to know we're not fighting the fight alone. 

Back to the ride. Down the hill from camp and right into a hill to climb. A nice way to warm up in the morning. 

As you can see we're on a major road for a time with very small shoulders. A lot of logging trucks came flying by. They would lay on the horn to some of the cyclists. 

Soon we made a turn onto a quiet road that paralleled the highway. It was much safer and had less traffic. Nice scenery too

It had a few bumps and one of the ladies cell phones fell out of her bike pouch. Later at camp they pinged it and Randy drove back and found it on the side of the road untouched and working. 

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Biking in these conditions is a real blessing. 9 days of great cycling weather. Cool nights good for sleeping. 

After  the first rest stop more great riding.

Driving through whitefish we went through construction. We rode on the sidewalk to get past some of the mud. Our bikes got covered. 

Blue sky's   

Making a hard left into carries rest stop. 

Carrie's stop was busy. Salsa and. Chips cheeses bread peanut butter and jam. Water and  Gatorade.

After riding more back roads and having a deer scramble on the road to get traction ten feet in front of us, we hit a coffee shop in Columbia falls. 

As we sat there comfortably in first place Albert and his crew went by. I might have been riding them a little about slowing down and enjoying the ride. I took a picture to show you what they see as they race by. 

We finish and headed out. As we got closer to glacier park we saw a sign that said the road to the sun was open. 

The road got a little tight but just before it did a mobile home sticking 2 ft on either side came by and I was worried someone might get hurt. 

. As we came to the rest stop everyone was there safe. 

After the stop we motored on. The crew came up behind us and Jane pulled them into camp. 

Ok maybe it was a few miles. We were teaching them a different way to enjoy the ride. 

Here I'm pulling them in. It's funny that after the fact a few of the details get blurry. I guess those that would like to correct them ( you know the A type personalities) can write there own blogs. I think they call it poetic License.

We all arrived safe and smiling. We celebrated with an opa 

Fitting that I am an opa. 

Brian's treat. Nothing tastes better for a bunch of cheap Dutchmen than a free rehydration beverage. Thanks Brian.