Zone Riding to Harlowton

Wednesday 5/16 Day 26


Dan and his wife and I

I woke up this morning to room service.  One home made brownie and coffee delivered to me by Dan.  I have not had this service since I was in my private Villa on Vashon Island last August. My friend Abbey would deliver coffee and a snack every morning to encourage me to get up. ehhh I have been spoiled in life.  So when I got the delivery from Dan I was loving it.  I also found out that when he told his wife last night that he let a biker into his house she thought I was a motorcyclists.  So she was relieved to see my bicycle when she came home last night.  I was able to meet her, though I do not remember her name.  It was a quick hello because I left with Dan at about 7:45, and I got a quick picture before I left.  I really enjoyed my time here.
Before I said goodbye to Dan he informed me that I would be riding past an area where Indians used to herd buffalo over a cliff, I was excited for that.  I had a breakfast about two miles into the ride this morning, it was at a great overlook of some grasslands. After breakfast I continued my ride down the back side of the mountain but I was unable to locate the buffalo jump, so I just cruised.  It was so nice to have a significant portion of riding downhill after all the up hill riding yesterday. As I approached the bottom there was a junction in the road to go to White Sulfur Springs or go to Livingston.  I had a major dilemma at this point because I could see in the distance beyond Livingston were the mountains of Yellowstone NP. Oh it was pulling me, but I decided to save it for another trip.  I think a separate trip in that area later in a summer would be great so then I could also climb the Grand Teton. 
I also began to realize how much fun it could be to take two week trips or three week trips just biking around each state and exploring each one.  The possibility to see all the National Parks and local monuments excites me. I would have to get the little National Park Passport book to get all the stamps. If you have not heard of that I encourage you to look it up. Well that could be a future plan. Talk about a fun job creating a biking travel book for each state.
Anyways the rest of the day went super quick.  The wind was to my back and most of the riding was downhill so I was able to get into town by 2:30.  Since I was going so quick I stopped a few times reading my book and writing in my journal. Which was really relieving since sometimes it is pretty hard to write or read after a long day so I was able to do it more in more relaxing settings.



Camp

For sleeping tonight I went to the city park where I had dinner, pitched my tent, and was able to wittiness a spectacular lighting show pass just south of the city.  There was plenty of lightning and plenty of rain, I was thankful it was not over me right now. Though in the evening or the night sometime the wind picked up and almost blew down my tent! The lightning was off the hook also and lighting up all around my tent.  Well a great relaxing day.  I sure love the days where you get a relaxing downhill section.