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Looking north towards the entrance

Belt creek runs through the sluice box canyon

Pine trees lean over the sluice box canyons

Mo hikes over a old tressle

Cliffs tower over belt creek

A storm approaches sluice box state park

Mo enjoying the day

From the impending storm to the cliffs this trip was great

Walking along the cliffs on the way out

Mo walks under the cliffs and prepairs to cross an unknown creek

We visited Great Falls to be with friends for a special occasion. On the way back we treated ourselves to a state park I have always wanted to visit. It did not disappoint. After chatting with a park ranger we discovered that no one knows if bicycles are allowed and most importantly why one would even want to ride one here. And we discovered why. Multiple river crossings prompted us to do the unofficial trail to the bottom of the canyon. We rambled along all day in amazement in ever bend. What a great chunk of land. Even though riding my bike where we walked would of been freaking amazing.

We had a block of days off available to us. We had planned to attack the Lewis and Clark National Forest and plan our adventures from base camp. But on the day we were supposed to put up our camp we did found numerous campgrounds. But it was raining and we didn’t feel like getting out of our vehicle to put up camp. We drove around a bit and finally decided to just stop off and do the tourist thing. We stopped off at Memorial Falls. Checked out said falls, put in a good 3 mile hike, and then decided to drive home. That’s what we did on a rainy day.

Continuing on from the previous blog post. We woke up to a nice and although not really sunny, better day. It was cloudy but looked like there were areas on the horizon that were possibly better. To the West is a mountain range called The Tobacco Roots. It didn’t look that bad over there so we decided let’s go. So we packed the car and headed out. We found a great campsite and use the Ford Focus wagon to go off roading for just about 300 feet to get to the perfect spot.

The next day we took off on an adventure via mountain bike. We went as far as we could up each trail but eventually found snow. And at the end of the day it started to rain and we went back to camp. And fell asleep to the raindrops pitter pattering on top of our roof.

This is what we did on the day after a rainy day.

Isn’t it nice to have some epic single-track near? And to have the stables to support your addiction?

What to do? It is July and your partner works in Yellowstone Park. And … of course your sick of the park. What to do. Well there is Beartooth Pass!

Mo on the Beartooth Plateau

Here I am in calf creek cabin. The sun just came out after wicked little rain storm. I did two rides today. One up calf creek trail. The other up towards the tender foot. In both cases I ran into snow.

Now I’m sitting here in this beautiful cabin and nothing to do. I had dinner, sausages and planting chips, but now I find myself wanting to play cards. Or go for a lonely walk. Register the beauty outside. Maybe over the ridge to look for animals.

This is the first time I have come to any cabin all by myself. My partners out of town visiting family and I thought why not go out on a big adventure. I just really wanted to bike pack here. it’s 100 miles from my front door. But then I read about how they close the gate for the winter and what happens if I run into snow? No way I’d walk 8 miles after a 80 mile ride.

Well there was no locked gate and I was able to drive all the way the cabin. So I did two rides from here.

I sit here writing this blog. The stove is going and it’s warm. It’s too early to go to bed. And now the blog is done. Now what? Guees i will have to get up tomorrow and do some more adventure.