Today took us up and OVER Logan Pass on Going to the Sun Road. In the most fortunate series of events our friends Karl and Finn gave us a ride to Avalanche (the point at which cars are not permitted to travel up the pass).
As you may recall we rode toward Logan Pass as far as we could to the Loop a couple days ago on a rainy, cold day.
Just yesterday because we chose to ride toward Polebridge we learned the Pass was open to cyclists all the way and were encouraged to make the trek.
It was an unforgettable ride that despite some clouds went remarkably well.
Sometimes the things you think are going to be the hardest to do, don’t end up that way. That’s the way it was for us. #noprobs
Tom and I stayed close together all the way up. And we were awed by the incredible views.
Thanks to Karl and Finn for shuttling us up over roads we already covered.
We were unable to get pics or vids of a herd of big horn sheep on the way down the pass. Seeing them was also a high point.
Tonight we are camping in Babb, MT and wouldn’t you know it, we met another neighbor, Geoff, who is here for a Sprinter rally. What a fun guy to chat with. He gave us a deluxe tour of his Sprinter. Might be a home on the road for us someday after bicycle touring! Who knows?
Little did we know our ride back tracking on US2 was basically all downhill to town, which meant all up hill to get back to our campsite the next day to continue our ride over Logan Pass 😔.
We had our goodbye hugs a couple miles as he turned off. Of course a few miles later we had to duck in to The Trap Line cafe for a second breakfast and avoid a rain shower. Of course the rain continued and the waitress wouldn’t let us leave and kept topping off our coffee.