Traveling at Mach 0.012

Saturday June 21

Start: Edwards Rd outside of Jordan, MT
Destination: Winnett, MT
Day total miles: 53
Journey total miles: 2686

Towns passed through:
Edwards, MT
Sand Springs, MT
Mosby, MT
Winnett, MT

Sleeping in Lewistown, MT

Sunrise over the hills.
Another early morning start to beat the winds. This is 445 AM. Goal today is to make it to at least Winnett.

Oh, before I forget. Last night was steak night at the Hells Creek Bar. Got there around 545 and ended up sitting next to John and John (father and son) who were on an annual fishing trip. John Sr was very talkative. A former rancher and cowboy, now a wheat farmer. John Jr works for an ag loan company and both enjoy getting out to this part of the state. Learned about what to expect on the roads ahead, that John Sr formerly owned a ranch near Lolo that we would pass and other interesting facts about MT. They, like others I meet are fasciated with the fact that I am riding across the US just for fun.

Not sure what the best part of the evening was, but certainly talking with John and John was a high point. So, there is a tradition at the Hells Creek Bar that if you are sitting at the bar drinking at 6, you get a free drink. I like this tradition. Perhaps the best part was the dinner. Steak cooked on a grill to perfection, salads, baked potato, and desert. All for $15.

Got off to an early start again in my quest to beat the winds. Some rolling hills and then a long, mostly down hill roll into Mosby. There is the $1 million outhouse according to the locals. Yes, in Mosby, MT there is a rest stop, nothing else that I can figure out, but this huge two story rest stop. Sorry, no pictures. Then just past the rest stop was a recently hit and killed elk on the side of the road. I know, you don’t want to hear the road kill reports (i have seen almost everything), but this was a huge elk. There were some car parts spread around, but this huge elk. My only thought was hoping that it was not EK that hit the elk. Two reasons. First that he would be ok (no cars around and no blue parts, so think that part was ok. Second, this thing was pretty massive.

After the downhill, there is usually an uphill, so off to the climb I went. The road was more long climbs and descents, but not really mountains. Definitely not the rollers that I experienced between Circle and Jordan. Met up with EK along the way and he turned around and joined me to ride back to Winnett.

Breakfast at 930 and 53 miles behind me. Not a bad way to plan the day. The Kozy Korner Cafe in Winnett is world famous to its food and am I glad we stopped. Chef Ellen and her husband Buck were fun to meet. The pancakes were plate sized, light and fluffy (unlike many that we experienced). Ellen remarked that she thinks it is the water that makes a difference. Whatever it is, they are great. Would be worth the trip just for her “Ellen’s Country Starter” breakfast.

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