Jonesin for a Ride!

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We got up at 5:30 a.m. And we were on the bikes at 8:00 and headed for the border. The ride out of Canada was pleasantly scenic and we had plenty of sunshine. We crossed the border about an hour later and made our way towards Glacier National Park to take the Going to the Sun road.

The weather was sunny and warm. We could have easily road the whole national park without putting on our jackets as it was warm all the way to Logan's Pass. It was also bumper to bumper on the way up due to construction on this narrow two lane road through the park.

Once thorough the park we continued south east. You pretty much hit the plains at this point and of course, the constant crosswinds. Eventually we made it to I-15 and headed towards Helena and then Butte M.T. where we took a break.

The weather was sunny and warm in Butte. At our stop we met another rider, Hahn's from Germany, who was riding from Key West FL to Seattle in 14 days on a rented GS. He just set his GPS for shortest route and followed it. It took him on all kinds of roads, including dirt trails. He already spilled the bike twice in the dirt and broke both hard bags. We also learned that he couldn't convince his finance in Seattle to move to Germany, but he thought the reason was when she came to visit Germany, he was still having some communication with his ex. WAY too much info we were hearing from Hahns…. Anyway, he had a helmet that had a bunch of signatures on it and he wanted us to sign it, it was the. People he met along his journey.

While in Butte, I booked a room in the next town Dillon, MT which was an hour away. During that ride down to Dillion, we then discovered that the area was covered with a smokey sky that made the day seem like late evening. I have never seen smoke so bad! It was from forest fires in Idaho, where we were a few days earlier.

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