Geraldine Montana to Lewistown Montana. 73 miles. 1117 miles from the Pacific. at this rate I should be home by Christmas. this is a big state with big mountains everywhere. its so big it has its own time zone. the Rockies are a distant memory. today’s challenge were the Highwood and Judith mountains. A big climb coming out of Geraldine this morning near Arrow Creek. and some washouts from the recent storm which meant gravel. gravel sucks. the reward for the climb was a beautiful view of the mountains both east and west of me. I purred through the high prairie with a nice tailwind. I had brunch in Denton Montana at a little cafe. they were getting ready for the big centennial celebration this weekend and told me i should stay for the party. big ups and downs wore me out after lunch. I stopped in a cemetery to take a nap under the only shade tree in the county. I ran out of water but found a nice rancher to replenish my supply. On his front porch were several boxes of fleetguard filters that the UPS man had just delivered. I told him I just retired from there 12 weeks ago. it’s a small world. not many people out here and the traffic has been very light, about every hour or so I would see another car or truck. mostly it was just me and the lone prairie. some deer and some confused looking cows. they didn’t know what to think of the bike. some ran and some just stood and stared at me shaking their head from side to side. I pulled into Lewistown and got a camping site. I took a shower and then did some laundry. I set up camp happy. I
plan on going do dinner with Jim the retired teacher from California. he took a different route today so we will compare notes. Take a look at the big blue sky in the photos. Later taters.

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