Traveler's Rest

sorry for the delay, but no wifi last eve. The day started in Missoula, home of the Adventure Cycling Assoc, and I wanted to go to their HQ, just to say HI! and get a jersey, so after a breakfast at the KOA..really good..I suited up and headed for downtown, while KK biked in the area of the KOA. It was about 4 miles to the office and most of it on bike lanes. A nice place and complimentery sodas, ice cream & a water bottle! then they took my pic and info and posted it to the BIG board. Back to camp I went, where we packed up and I headed out for the L&C trail , while KK stayed in Missoula and looked for scrapbookin' stores, found two. the first part of my ride was very busy with tons of traffic,-where were they all going?- but as I left town, it got better and all downhill to Lolo, MT. This is the spot where the Corps of Discovery camped to rest up for the trip over the mountains..hence, "Traveler's Rest". They have excavated this site and found the exact spot where the corps camped! I met a couple of guys here and asked one to take my pic, it turns out he was from Pittsburgh & knew some of the people I knew. Back out on the road & a lovely 31 mile up hill! most of it gentle until the last 3 miles, where KK caught me & we had lunch before I rode the last part to the cont'l divide at Lolo Pass..el 5300'. A very nice visitor's center at the top & met a guy here who was one of the re-enactors for the L&C Bicentennial. KK stayed at the center and went on one of the hiking trails, where there was a plaque for Stephen Ambrose. I then rolled over the top & into Idaho, went downhill for 13 miles to our camp for the night..Powell Campground Nat'l forest. It was wonderful! right on the Lochsa River & only & 7.50-for us old folks! Set up and then a short ride back up the road to an unbelievable Western Red Cedar forest, dedicated to Devoto, who edited the L&C journals..3-400 year old trees, ferns, flowers. Supper at the camp & a nice campfire to end the day. 78 miles & 3400'..KK 15 miles