The High Plains of Montana

Lubrecht Experimental Forest (Greenough, MT) to Lincoln, MT
49 miles
1549 feet ascent
1095 feet descent
1861 calories

Montana High Plains Panorama

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For the first time since leaving Seaside, OR, it was shivering cold this morning.  The cabin in Lubrecht was at around four thousand feet elevation, and it took two wool blankets to stay warm at night.  But it was good sleeping weather.

The route from Lubrecht to Lincoln  started near the Paws Up Ranch, crossed the Blackfoot River, and then paralleled it nearly all the way to its headwaters.

Break Time on the Blackfoot River

The disappointment Lewis & Clark felt upon seeing the many mountains in Montana instead of an open ocean would have been offset by the magnificent views.

Mountain View from Ovando, MT

Downtown Ovando, MT

The mountains are beginning to spread out a bit more, and clouds were visible for the first time since Oregon.  Meadows are everywhere, which makes for good ranching, with horses and beef cattle everywhere.

High Altitude Meadows

Who Are You?

This is also close to areas where dinasours lived at one time.  I even ran into Dino the dinasour.  Remember him?

Beef Cattle & Dinasours

If you think I am crazy, these two guys I ran into checking into my motel (Three Bears Motel) are riding the Great Divide, going border to border, from Canada to Mexico along the Continental Divide on mountain bikes.  No thanks.

Great Divide Riders