No More Someday

 This past week was pretty solid.  The summer has finally arrived and the weather has been consistent.  The workweek went by pretty fast and we’ve now started a new schedule of Sun, Mon, Tuesday off.   We went to the Mission Mountain NRA Rodeo and really enjoyed it.  The Mutton Bustin was hilarious, the youngest rider was 3 years old which was really impressive.  There was also bare back, saddle bronc, bull riding and some trick riding.  We saw some great rides and watched some people take some tough falls.  It was a great time in an awesome setting.   We’ve got a little over 60 miles of rides in this week.  The opening of the Going to the Sun Road has been delayed.  Apparently they found a snow drift 80’ deep and have dealt with a few avalanche chutes.  We may get to ride the week after the 4th.  After our Sunday ride we stopped at Glacier for a beer or two and ended up playing “bags” with a group of people from Great Fal...

Yesterday was the first day of summer.  We took the bikes out of the back of the truck so we could take the kids with us.  After loading them up, we headed up the Swan Valley.  Actually we drove south down the valley until we got to the 200 Rd.  The views back there are amazing and it’s sprinkled with cute little towns.   We really like Seeley Lake and all the small lakes along the way.  We stopped and split a burger at Lindy’s By The Bay.  The views were nice, but the burger was a let down.  Our next stop was Lake Alva and we gave the dogs a bath.  Actually we just let them swim and they cleaned up nicely.  We were greeted by two Loons that got surprisingly close to us.  I wish they had been talking… When we made it back to Woods Bay, the weather was perfect by the lake so we stopped for a drink with a view.  The Sitting Duck has a great selection and an amazing view looking south down the lake.  It is definitely worth a ...