Earache

Tried to leave Montana yesterday early, but it was too cold to leave at 6:00 AM. Left at 8:30 and it was still chilly. Had to stop a lot to my hands warm up. Leaves and foliage in the valleys have begun to turn yellow and red as Autumn starts....

Abandoned now. No windows or few doors on them. They looked like they're falling in on themselves.

Alberta, Canada is about 20 miles behind us as we have to get on the interstate to head back. Got dark on us and made for a long day, but worth it. Interstate highway was completely void of any traffic (the road doesn't really go anywhere) and we were able to move along a really good pace....

Quick stop at the lake for a pee ad we're off......

Getting late in the day and we're headed to the hotel...

Not bears, but some wildlife along the river....

Mas fotos....

I shot a lot of pics on the fly while riding. Most sucked but got a few decent ones....

Nice!

The riding and scenery here suck....

Some snow ....

Monday is our last day of riding. Todd has a work meeting here in Great Falls until Thursday and I'll be headed back to Colorado by myself on Wednesday. Time to hit the mountains....

And summer is only 2-1/2 months long! Amazing that they could build these things at all. I sure as shit couldn't do it.

Cool ride - we followed the river for about 50 miles. Good views and a nice road to ride....

Late in the day so we follow the river and a route back to our hotel....

And another town even had an inconvenience store....

Little town (if 4 houses constitute a "town") had it's own railway museum!

Rock roads look smooth from a distance, but have some nasty surprises waiting for you and your rims....

Yup. If you had to build a cabin by yourself and maybe a wife to help, you'd build it outta wood as it's easy to do and there's a shitload of trees around, No stonemasons out in the wild to help you.

Todd saw a bear and we stopped to take a pic but it had fucked off by then. Probably a good thing for us.......

Cold, clear water in the streams....

Some old cabins here and there....

Kept waiting on a bear to come outta the woods and eat Todd, but it never happened. Maybe next time....

Not really in the "mountains" in this area, just small hills. But there were no other people for miles around and the solitude was kinda cool...

Did a couple of hours of dirt road riding to get out in the boonies....