Advice from insiders and locals is never to be ignored. So instead of cycling through the narrow canyon leading to Big Sky, we set of to the small cowboy town of Ennis, MT. Well, not exactly set off... 'cause after a mile of 6, at the gas station of Belgrade we noticed a flat back tire. This meant taking off all the packs and for Sofie finding her instruction book on "How do I reapir a flat tire". Together we managed to fix the problem ... even though we cursed a few times (riding without breaks is not an option) - I even thought we were going to go to plan C already!
On the bikes again, pedaling now over the hills. Suddenly a dog ran out of the garden and Sofie's heart rate jumped to maximum. A yell "STAY" kept the dog from following us.
Soon we were heading towards the Madison river. Ask Sofie all about rivers and she will be able to tell you lots about them now. Hey, Lewis and Clark needed them to get around! There was a lot of activity on the river: floating and fly fishing. I saw pelicans in the river, but Sofie thought they were fake! No way!
Norris gas station is a relief post where we got new fuel to tackle the hill of 3 miles 6% up and the headwinds. On top a small rainstorm came over. This was very cooling!
The rest of the trip to Ennis is along a flat road. Once the sun was back, we had to deal with the wind also. We stayed at a log cabin, since there is no campground in Ennis.
That evening I introduced Sofie to eating at Subway.
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