Packed & out for 9:30 am – record time for me.
Got a breakfast tortilla & coffee from the store up the road before headed out. Passed by Delta – gas station & store, on to Noxon.
One dead bike & the bridge to Noxon
Noxon is magic. You get a sense of what’s to come as you cross the aged but still magnificent steel bridge & enter this hideaway town. It sits on lush plan at the Bull River & Clark Fork confluence.
The Mercantile Noxon
Roads on this side of the river lead to wilderness so the only through traffic are people like me. Had I had known of this last night, I’d have pushed on. How long will this idilic place survive? 4 miles north I encounter three real estates shops selling pieces of MT along the many development roads that disappear into the mountains. When the deals are done, posters are nailed up with the clear message POSTED- KEEP OUT!
Friendly but only to a point
An observation, regardless that we are in the middle of nowhere, you can always find someone mowing Montana.
Just learnt that Wimbledon players were sprinkled on too – pleasing to know.
My ride out of Paxton & MT was along a dirt road up to Porcupine Pass & into Idaho. A hellish 25 mile climb in 40C+ heat almost finished me off.
The climb
I hit the top around 7:30 pm but no photo opportunity- border post – very disappointing in deed. 25 miles of fast decent was compensation. I hit the metalled road around 9:00 pm & camper in a nearby picnic area. picnic table & WC to store food from bears – home from home!!
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