Photos July 27 – August 9

Ty and Rourke eat lunch at a diner in Harlowtown, Montana.

The town of Geyser has seen a tremendous loss in population now that the train no longer stops in there.

Camping behind the bar in Geyser made the dinner commute pretty quick.

With frequent headwinds, draft trains were more important than ever going through Montana.

Cooling off and hanging out in the Sun River in Sun River, Montana, just west of Great Falls.

Lepo cleans up his silly string he was testing on Brian to see its effectiveness at repelling bears.

Riding in the open Montana desert before the group’s lunch spot in Choteau, Montana.

Lepo and Zach race a swarm of flies that egged the group toward lunch.

Brian in the great wide-open Montana desert.

Stanton dries his jersey by the only fire of the trip that couldn’t have come at a better time: the end of a long, cold, rainy day.

Old auditorium seats served the group well to hang out by the fire.

Brian rides with the first sitings of the Rocky Mountains on his left.

Three days off in Glacier National Park flew by faster than you could say Grizzly bear.

The first hike took the group to the top of Mount Oberlin, which is around 8,000 feet about sea level.

Lepo on a precipice.

A cold hard rain drenched the group on the way down from Mount Oberlin, and the hail that was mixed in only made it more of an adventure.

Laundry was a must during the overcast and cold days off in East Glacier, Montana.

During their second day off in Glacier National Park, the group hiked around Two Medicine Lake.

Matson gets out of the glacial water as quickly as possible. All but one rider made the plunge into the sub-40 degree water.

Josh in front of Two Medicine Lake.

On the third day off some of the group stayed in camp to relax, while others hiked around Lake McDonald in the park.

Leaving East Glacier early in the morning meant temperatures just above freezing.

Brian shows off the culprit of Miles’ broken rear derailleur cable.

Mark on top of Marias Pass before 45 miles of mostly downhill riding.

Brian, Mark and Aidan ride US Highway 2 toward West Glacier, just south of the park.

David and Jonah test out the merits of a tandem bicycle at the Dairy Queen in Columbia Falls, Montana.

The group stopped at Dickey Lake for an hour and a half, between Whitefish and Eureka, Montana.

Aidan and Rourke cook dinner in Eureka, Montana.

Brian takes the 45 foot plunge into a deep pond during another long day, into Libby, Montana.

David and Stanton tandem jump the cliff.

Alex shows off another flawless backflip into the Bull River, about 20 miles east of Idaho.

Aidan scrambles to get out of the cold water of the Bull River after a large group jump.

Zach crashed right after the Idaho border. It doesn’t bode well.

Jumping off the bridge on ID-200 about 15 miles east of Sandpoint, Idaho.