Today’s plan was for 60 miles to Whitefish but I missed the turning & ended up in the surreal “village” of Polebridge. Set miles from anywhere the place had bar, mercantile, restaurant & camping – &, surprisingly, lots of customers!
Bryan Lynn & his wife helped me back to the turning – many thanks! They have promised me encouraging words as I head south. Needing to find Dan, I stopped & asked the next pickup – the driver promptly said, reassuringly yes, I almost ran him over 1 mile up!
My detour, plus the 35C, the climbs obsession to reach Whitefish Bike Retreat led us totally off piste & wild camping 20m from a railway line. 200 carriage trains passing by every 30 mins throughout the night. I slept like a baby!
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