14 Aug 2008, Helena, day off.
Nice to sleep in a bed again, but kinda feel a bit guilty (the tenting/thermarest is quite nice). Late brekky then off to the Great Divide Cyclery bike shop to get new bearings for BoB, new grips and a new bottle cage.
An outdoors shop also has just the right replacement bit for the fuel pump so everything is looking good.
13 Aug 2008, Deadmans Creek - Helana.
Straight into climbing but not as hard as yesterday. Nice grind up to our next Divide Crossing then another fast rocky descent, sweet.
Bit more flattish riding then an easy climb to our second Divide Crossing for the day, and lunch.
A fast descent and then a fast road section to Helena.
The recommended campsite was 5mls outta town so we opted for a motel instead. Good move and got one quite central for a good price. Great, as got laundry done, showered and a nice meal. I passed on a movie.
12 Aug 2008, Lincoln - Deadmans Creek
Bit of a latish start that included a cooked brekky (corned beef mash & eggs for me) and a game of pool. No sense rushing things.
Easy climb till the right hander then very steep. Really nice riding once it eased off a bit thru up-tulating dirt track. Got a vid of the team crosing the stream, so at the back of the line. Shame cos Ken had a bear encounter again (I not taking photo's anymore...) where the bear was just 30ft away and then ambled off. Yeah, a bit jealous of that.
Climb got a bit harder & looser further up and had to push a couple of sections. But really nice riding and then got to our first USA divide crossing which was cool. lucnh then a great fast rocky'ish descent. And onto the eastern side of the divide. Quite different from the western side as more open. Eventually found the dispersed campsite at Deadmans creek which was actually quite nice. Walla Walla chilli and rice for a change for dinner, yum. Another good day.
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