It's been a little while

Internet access is few and far between up here in Idaho and Montana. It's been an interesting couple of days. We've crossed Lolo pass, Whitebird pass, and Chief Joseph pass...all of which were hard but not impossible.

I'm in Dillon, Montana right now at a library. We had a rest day in Baker City where we met
Gary and Lucas - they're in the dinner picture, Gary is the older guy - again. We couldn't believe they caught us but they're beasts.

Some of the towns that we're passing thorugh in Montana are tiny. Wisdom has 50 people. Jackson, where we spent last night has 38. It's pretty amazing that they survive. Many of these towns are places where Lewis and Clark stopped on their trips west and then back east.

The hospitality has been great. The one picture is of us camping on the front porch of a store because it was 45 degF and rainy at the end of a 90 mile day. Normally it's sunny and 100 degF there. The shopkeeper was going to let us use her truck to run errands but we thought that was over the top.

We took Monday off in Salmon, ID to go whitewater rafting. It was awesome. Andy's brother, Matt, is a guide on the Salmon. I had a bit of a rought time as I almost got swept away. I jumped from a rock into the current but missed the eddy just after the rock and started heading for the next rapid set. I couldn't swim out of the current and I started flailing until Nate showed up with his kayak and pulled me to shore. I stayed in the boat after that.

Ok. Gotta run. I'm 1259 miles from Seattle as of this morning. We should make West Yellowstone, MT late tomorrow or early Friday. Then we're spending a day in the park as tourists. After that it's onto Boulder via Trail Ridge Road, the highest road in the USA.

Chris.