out of the bitteroots (almost)

Rained all night some things are wet but will dry eventuallym.Left my english travel companion (asleep in her tent at 830 how could she have ridden 7k miles with such slothful ways?) And rode 31 miles to sula MT, southern end of the bitteroot. The next 21 miles will be a climb up to Lost Trail Pass into the Big Hole Valley--the weather forecast is for freezing temps and snow up there, so I'm waiting things out in sula. A nice man not wearing a huge cowboy hat in darby when he saw me and my bike gave me a wide-eyed "may god be with you". As a well trained methodist I automatically gave him a "and also with you" right in the midst of a breakfast crowd. Ran into two younger riders going from denver to portland sagged by their wives I felt so righteous when they saw my fully loaded trucker. I'm having fun.