Travel day! Time to move on – short drive, relatively – only 135 miles or so. Still took over three hours, because of … wait for it … ROAD CONSTRUCTION! It’s everywhere up here!

Got settled in at the KoA, and snagged a pretty nice site – actually, they are ALL pretty nice! And the scenery? Wow!

Yeah, that’s the little mountain off to our side – here’s the BIG one behind us:

Yeah, just a bit bigger! Ok, after that, we went in to Whitefish MT, to check out the bike shops. First one was Glacier Cyclery:

Folks there were kind of aloof, though not unfriendly, but we did get maps and directions to several local trails. I was kinda creeped out by their jersey:

Who the hell has a Chupacabra for a mascot? Weird! Next up? BEER! Went to Great Northern Brewing Company, and tried their Highlander, since they didn’t have any REAL beer (Porters or Stouts):

It was actually pretty good! The further North we go, the better the beer gets! After that, we hit Wheaton’s bike shop, and they were a bit friendlier, and actually had someone (Hans, the store manager) who actually rides the trails, and he was able and very willing to give us some great info on the local trails, and also on their upcoming 24-hour race. 24-hour race? We know someone who would want to know about that! Grady Pace, owner of TrailLED, makers of some VERY fine lights. We found out that other manufacturers had bailed on the race as sponsors, so I called Grady to see what he could do. He’s gonna come through, great guy that he is! We’re gonna help, so that will be cool – end of month.

After that, a quick visit to:

Just to get some maps and find out what’s up, we’ll have to come back when we have more time … IF we have more time.