It's fair time here in Montana!After last night's 'practice' ride, I was about 20-30 miles short of where I wanted to be on the barren road to Baker, so Chris took me out a little ways and dropped me in the middle of nowhere (Great riding with you Chris - thanks for the company!)
While the ride offered no stores or restaurants for 55 miles into Baker, it was very pretty and there were several farms to distract me for a little bit. I got to Baker and made a b-line to the cafe for the coffee and pancakes I had been dreaming about before heading over to the bank to pick up a package I was expecting from DC. Unfortunately it takes UPS a little while to get out into remote country like this and the package was not here. Oh well, I guess I'll actually stop and enjoy the town for a night before moving on tomorrow - assuming the package arrives.
This turned out to be somewhat of a blessing as I took some time to relax, use the internet and to check out the Fallon County Fair. County fairs are a big deal out in these parts and the whole town was geared up - including many people returning for their class reunions. It was fun to take time to really enjoy the experience - hopefully more of this to come shortly. There were some violent winds outside the tent throughout the night, but no tornadoes fortunately.
2 comments:
More pancakes! I'm wondering what your pancake count is up to by now. At least 50, right?
A definte theme, huh? I read a part of one guy's x-country journal and he talked about pancakes ALL the time. Somehow I started eating pancakes, too. Now it's those hotcakes and coffee that I look forward to after the first 20-40 miles of riding every day.
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