Biking Across the U.S (hopefully)
Lincoln - Lake Holland 78
Lake Holland - West Glacier 103 Escaped Helena Forest and made on towards Flathead National Forest, an incredibly beautiful area littered with lakes, forests, and fields. Before turning North I met an Irish cyclist who strongly recommended a free campsite tucked next to a lake off the main road. The ride was scenic, but nerve racking... another no-shouldered Montana road with huge logging trucks and a bajillion tourists. I almost got clipped by at least three ginormous RVs, who didn't seem to care about my curse words or certain extended finger. Logger trucks will at least give you a customary huge horn blare and 6ish inches. Traversed a complete torn apart, dusty, gravely road to Holland Lake... a lake fed by two waterfalls coming off the Flathead mountains. Hadn't had a shower since Billings, so a lake bath was pretty amazing. I met two guys riding down the continental divide trail and shared their company and picnic table. Funnily enough, I'd contacted one of the guys all the way back in Ohio to see if I could crash with him (and it didn't work out). The biking world is a small world. I tried to catch the sunrise above the lake in the AM, but with all the smoke it wasn't anything spectacular... or I slept in too late by accident. Holy cow it was cold too, I really should've packed better. 40 miles into the ride I met a jerky cyclist who had just come from Glacier. Explaining that's where I was heading (thinking he'd tell me what to do/see), he just said 'oh that's too far to get to today'. I don't really like people telling me what I can and can't do, so I continued along Montana's most terrifying highways for a bike, sight set on Glacier. Thankfully, that made me peddle super fast to get through the awfulness. Stopped at a bar for a burger the size of my face, then landed a hiker/biked campsite just inside Glacier. I was beat, but made it!
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John Soper
7/30/2017 07:26:23 pm
So glad you decided to go through Glacier!
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