Well, the shoulder was not going to last very long as it turned out after reading the maps of the route. George ended up riding only about 18 miles on a bike path and rest of the times, we drove and drove and drove (so it felt like) right out of Montana. We did visit the Adventure Cycling (AC) office in Missoula, MT. George ended up riding only about a century out of 300 some miles that he was suppose in Montana. He is pretty upset/unhappy about it but safety has to come first. So, we are now in Idaho. Montana had very limited area that was very pretty but the rest was pretty bare (kind a like Wyoming). Of course, Montana gets the worst road of the entire tour award so far. Idaho did start with similar kind a road with 65 mph speed limit. Very very pretty road with great scenery of river/creek flowing on one side and trees all around. We met someone who was very nice who works at the hotel where we are staying tonight and she and a local trucker helped figure out another route for us as they thought that we were being very dangerous trying to go on the route that was very curvy and windy with very little to no shoulder. They state the normal speed on those road is more like 90 MPH and that there are many deaths on those roads. Lets see what tomorrow brings with these roads.
We traveled from Sula, WY to Grangeville, MT
Miles Ridden :18
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