The big town of Missoula...

August 3rd 11:00am
0 miles so far...

The towns of Montana keep getting better and better. Yesterday afternoon we arrived in Missoula, one of the biggest cities we've come to since Colorado. Missoula is also home to the headquarters of Adventure Cycling, which is where we are currently writing this post from.
This morning even the headquarters asked us how old we were, they all seemed to think we were a bit young to be doing this alone. I guess it had something to do with Maya's braids and maybe our colorful homemade jerseys (pictures soon to be posted!). They did say that they thought we looked pretty confident for our age. Which is a big compliment considering the headquarters see all the bikers that come through going cross-country.

Little did we know Missoula was 26 miles off route, but was certainly worth the trip. Missoula is also one of the most bike friendly cities we've been to since Colorado, making us feel right at home.

Last night we enjoyed some live music from the Babylon Rhythm Band at the Top Hat. We pulled up to the joint with our bikes and all our gear, leaving them outside in an alleyway with the hopes of finding a nice plot of grass to sleep on for the night. We absolutely refuse to stay at a KOA, an overpriced nationwide campground. We loosened up on the dance floor, made some friends and eventually found a place to stay for the night. Many thanks to Miller for letting us crash on his floor.

So it turns out that this big town of Missoula is not so big... we've seen a number of the people today that we saw last night at the bar. They go... "so you're those girls with the shirts, what was up with that?" And we go... "yeah i guess so, we're biking cross-country for greenpeace" oh that is crazy. Which is what they all seem to think.

So before too many people recognize us from last night, we are going to get out of this town and head up to some hot springs for the night. Hopefully we will get there before dark!


Day 55, August 2nd
64 miles to Missoula

Day 54, August 1st
73.2 miles to Hamilton, MT


Many thanks to Martin Devlin of San Diego for his generous donation.