Day 2 For the first night in a long time, the meteorological metrics of low temperature and rain probability were such that we could let laziness take over and skip putting the rainfly on the tent. But the other meteorological metrics of clear skies, temperature changes, and dewpoint surprisingly meant the top of our sleeping… Read more…

Time to move on from Two Medicine. We certainly didn’t do all the hiking there that we would have liked to, but even with our unconstrained peregrination, we’ll always have to leave some things undone, and we also needed a return to connectivity. It was interesting on the ride out (which was a repeat of… Read more…

Day 2 After seven straight days of riding, it was time to give our bodies a break. So no epic (or even non-epic) mountain hikes until we’re rested up. An advantage of our no-deadline life is that, even though we’re in this special place, we don’t need to try to optimize every moment here by… Read more…

When the polite partiers departed from our park campsite last night, that was the last noise we heard. We did still have some light drops of rain in the morning, so being able to pack up dry, under shelter, was a big relief. We had one more day of US-89 riding, with the same annoying… Read more…

As good as our deluxe tent site was, one downside presented itself overnight: despite not being able to see your neighbors, they’re in actuality quite close to you, and I could hear the woman on the opposite side of the wheel snoring all night. We got back on US-89 heading northwest, and Montana drivers (and… Read more…