Lincoln

'Tarp' Lunch during thunderstorm on Richmond Peak
View from the pass















11 Aug 2008
Easy day to Lincoln, just one climb that was supposedly 'testy' but was quite easy.
Lincoln is small and rural but we have a nice grassey spot at an RV park for just $7 with shower... :)
Bike and BoB are mostly OK but need to replace the cartridge bearings on BoB's wheel, a broken bottle cage and get new grips. Also the plunger on the fuel bottle needs replacing.
But everything else seems to be hanging in there reasonably OK
Got a couple of Divide Crossings in the next two days enroute to Helena where we'll have a day off.
The Taffs & Bristols are good company so am lucky to its great to have strayed across them.
I need to break out of tuna/paste/sauce for dinner and porridge for brekky (lots of different flavours tho), although salami & cheese slice bagels seem to be good for lunches.
Suggestions please.


10 Aug Seely Lake - Big Nelson CG
Breakfast at the diner.
'Up-tulating for a while then a fast gravel descent. Nice.
Pie and icecream at Ovando & picked up some beer for dinner.
A couple of long, corrugated road and eventually at the lake campsite which was mossie free:)
Mostly sloping site but had the place to ourselves after daytrippers had left, but I found a nice tent sized spot on grass right at the lakes edge. Fortunately lakes aren't tidal.



9 Aug Holland Lake - Seely lake
Great Day's riding.
'Up-tulating' for a while and then some sweet single track through tall grass and tree's.
Not a lot of bear calling ahd been happening for a few days...
So of course Harriet & Ken came across our first bear, which ran off :)
Would have liked to have seen it myself, next time maybe.
Stuck together a bit more with a lot more noise.
Then onto the climb for the day(Richmond Peak Pass I think) which was singletrack with huge views. By far the best riding to date. Not far from the top we stopped for lunch under a tarp with thunder lightening and rain. Really cool actually. Followed by a great singletrack descent, fast gravel descent and then to Seely lake.
Great day.
Camped at a motel, groceries and a $40 steak dinner to celebrate finishing a map, hey, why not.



8 Aug: Cedar Creek - Holland lake
Straight into a good climb. I find this best in the morning anyway. Even a bit of singletrack and a had a 'wobble' on a soft sectin of 4wd. Slow down.
Drank more today I think so felt better.
Holland Lake is great (less mossies for a start). Had a swim and went for a ride aroud to a huge rope swim into the lake. Happy not to have had swimming shorts as a good excuse not to do the swing. Am getting soft.



7 Aug: Big Fork - Cedar Creek
Hot nights sleep.
Pizza, yogurt, and juice for brekky as a change from porridge.
Took an hour to climb over to Ferndale then a fast descent and a really nice piece of rolling dirt track to Cedar/Fatty Creek, and the mossies, doh!
BoB's wheel came off and we discovered that the bearing also need replacing, which will look to do in Helena about a week away.
Used the new water filter. Seemed Ok but I guess will tell after 24hrs.



6 Aug: Whitefish - Big Fork
Nice big brekky at the icecream shop then off late'ish with blue skies and hot. Had a deer go racing across the road in front of me and Ken & I had a wolf cross ahead of us later as well.
Stopped for lunch next to Mountain Brook school and was offered icecream by the teacher and two kids there doing summer school. Really nice kids, in fact Hywell got a game of football going with then which was a fun break. They really appreciated it.
Got to Big Fork and a prime camp spot right on the lake. Groceries, pizza for tea and even dessert. Touring is hard work.