• Miles today 43.9
• Miles total 958.8
• Elevation today 1339
• Elevation total 50708
• Weather – woke up to fog and 49 degrees!!!! Burned off as soon as sun came up for a glorious day!!! No wind and mid 60’s climbing to low 70’s by noon

Today was an easy ride with very little elevation. Ride was thru farmland. Roads sort of followed property lines.

Interesting items on the ride, other than a power line mess was a crop duster going back and forth about 5 times – very low, feeling like he could have taken us out. Then letting the spray out at the precise moment. His maneuvers were crazy with stalls and screaming down – felt like I was in the movie Tora, Tora,Tora.

So with the low miles and low elevation was like an early rest as we in Bozeman by 12:00 (with a 9:00 start). Bozeman is very nice downtown with lots of good food spots. Had a gigantic raspberry milkshake with lunch (I’m sure it was a quart of ice cream and quart of milk). Had to walk that off by going to MT State campus. Weird observation-afternoon temps in mid 80’s, most of kids in sweat pants or sweatshirts, I’m a sweat ball…what is going on?

Finished the day off with MT steak dinner and a cup of huckleberry ice cream – I have just become a true MT boy…need to buy a white pick up and get me some custom cowboy boots to not be a poser. Next time thru!

Tomorrow starts a stretch high miles and higher elevation. Couple more days in MT then a big boy ride WY. Ride ‘em cowboy!!!