Friday July 3rd - evening

I rode 365 miles today, about half of it on I-90. Rained about half the day, glad I have a nice warm waterproof riding suit. Tomorrow I have just about 400 miles to Duane's sister's house. I will follow the route Lewis and Clark went, should be an easy day. 3 more days and I am home:-) In an earlier text I said that when I get too old to pastor, I was going to buy myself a cattle ranch in Wyoming. I have changed my mind. I am going to buy a cattle ranch in Montana near Ovando:-)

The ride this afternoon was super. Quit raining and I got on some roads other than freeway. Went over the continental divide, big open meadows. Lots of wind to fight, nice windy roads for motorcycle riding. I was getting a bit nervous about gas and then I saw a sign that said gas, pretty crude one, pointing down a road that wasn't very good. I really didn't want to drive down it, but I needed the gas, so away I went. Not very far was the little town of Ovando, Montana. There was a single pump so I went in and the fellow said pump away. Went in to pay my bill and I asked him if he knew of any places to camp. He said " I will rent you that teepee over there for $5". I looked where he was pointing and across the street was a nice sized teepee. I said "I will take it". I have always wanted to sleep in a teepee. The town is near the Blackfoot river and the main population of the town are fly fishing guides. The sign says population 51. There is a little fishing shop in town, I went in to get myself a bumper sticker and while I was in a guide came back from fishing with a couple of guys from Boston. The lady running the store wrote "Boston" up on this board that had at least 200 different cities on it. I should have had her put Jefferson on it since I got a bumper sticker from her.