Saturday August 18^th – Wow, I thought yesterday had some big climbs… But we are in Montana – Big Sky Country! We left Sheridan, WY.(probably the best of the “Old West Towns we have seen) this morning and stopped next at the Montana visitors center. It was a brand new building but not much else and if it wasn’t in a brochure there was no information forthcoming. We came through some fire areas from a few years ago. And we saw a 90 foot statue of the Blessed Virgin dwarfed by the mountain it was on.

We stopped for a couple days in Deer Lodge, MT 1300 miles so far and we need a break – besides – Sunday is a day of rest! The rock formations near here are neat so we will look for some hiking or biking for tomorrow. I really wanted to go to the Cathedral in Helena and see the capitol again but it is 50 miles of bad road from here and we are suppose to be taking a break.