A Floating World

We had a wonderful day off for the 4th of July! We stayed at a ranch with Warmshowers hosts Mel and Becky Jackson a few miles outside Lewistown, Montana. Mel was out on the tractor putting up hay most of the day, running their 1500 ranch, 50 cow/calf pairs, collecting eggs, and letting their two 150 pound dogs roam (a Bernese and a Leonberger). We will miss the wonderful "restful" time we had here.

"Restful" is in quotes because we were kept very busy. 4th of July Parade, tubing down Spring Creek, going to Becky's brother's ranch and touring his hangar plane collection, motorcycle collection, a house with an amazing secret passage, a Model T flatbed truck and much much more, everything beautifully restored. While hosting us, two more bicycle tourists showed up ... two girls who had just graduated from Middlebury College in Vermont, and were on their way west to their homes near San Francisco.

We are now fully rested, and ready for our journey across the dry flatlands to the east.

Shown below, a before and after picture of our float trip, during which we exchanged our skinny tires for very fat tires.