{"id":8576,"date":"2013-07-02T23:38:32","date_gmt":"2013-07-03T03:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tourdebocrie.com\/?p=8576"},"modified":"2013-07-03T11:17:45","modified_gmt":"2013-07-03T15:17:45","slug":"day-12-tuesday-july-2-big-horn-lodge-to-libby-montana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tourdebocrie.com\/?p=8576","title":{"rendered":"Day 12. Tuesday, July 2 – Big Horn Lodge to Libby, Montana"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was tough to leave our beautiful home for a night, \"\"<\/a>but we had a hot day in front of us \"\"<\/a>and wanted to get going. \u00a0Our delicious and hearty breakfast (including the best coffee we’d had since Seattle) would definitely help;\"\"<\/a> the flat tire would not. \u00a0We finally started rolling at 8:00, only to have the tube patch fail a half hour down the road. \u00a0The bright point was these two that came to supervise! \"\"<\/a> Finally settled into a pedaling rhythm by ten and began to enjoy the cool 64 degree day with very little traffic.\"\"<\/a>We rode in the shadow of the beautiful Cabinet Mountains on our right\"\"<\/a>and hillsides reaching into the water on our left.\"\"<\/a>Found an unexpected and much appreciated refreshment stop; \"\"<\/a>though it was not open yet, Johnny\"\"<\/a> let us in and happily sold us a Pepsi. \u00a0Enjoyed an early lunch break at a shaded rest stop,\"\"<\/a> along with some Canadian bikers (motorcyclists). \u00a0Our last twenty miles was on a busy highway (luckily, with a wide shoulder),\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

the traffic deafening after enjoying our solitude through the hills. \u00a0We have found Montana cuts the trees far away from the road, so there is no shade available for our last two hours of riding,\u00a0\"\"<\/a>but we were distracted by the occasional glimpse of the\u00a0the beautiful waters of the\u00a0Kootenai River.\"\"<\/a>Made it into Libby by 2:00, just as the dry heat was reaching 100. \u00a0We were thankful for the air conditioning, laundry and rest after 43 miles.\n\t\t