Montana - Big Sky Country

We get a lot of people interested in knowing where we are travelling from and to.  Most of the folks are our age or older.  It is interesting that they often refer to us as adventuresome, one lady even called me brave.

We have answered this question a few times when faced with what most folks call a "big" trip...the trick to it is just one day at a time.  Like anything else, once it is broken down into small pieces, or in this case days, you can enjoy each day for what it brings or what it has in store.

This morning we left a little later as we planned an easy day.  The ride this morning did not include the "internet" as Larry sometimes mistakenly calls it (I think he is having social media withdrawl). We hit all the back roads going in and out of the mountains, disappearing roads as you come over blind knolls and twists and turns that always make the ride on our bikes a ton of fun.


The biggest difference this morning was the change in landscapes over a very short time....we rode through farm or range country, then into mountainous areas with a lot of sage and just around the corner like a change in a movie set, we were into a valley of pine and fir.  Now the big difference between riding a motorbike through this kind of road and driving a car, can be measured only by the senses...obviously driving a sports car through these roads would be just as thrilling for the driver as it is for the rider...the scenery could be enjoyed by anyone...the biggest difference is the smells....the fresh air, the scent of pine and fir, the clover really took me by surprise as it is very much like lily of the valley or lilac, that kind of perfume that is sweet and almost tasty too.  That is where you smell the difference....then you also get to feel the difference.  Temperature, humidity, coolness as you rise over a pass or into a shaded valley....these are things that can't be enjoyed in a car (usually because the windows are up and the air conditioning is on).





















We saw a lot of different landscape today, and tonight we are staying in the Blackfeet Reservation...just having had a traditional meal of buffalo, wild rice, refried beans and vegetables, we are content to sit and wait for the sun to set over our room....there is a promise of a beautiful sky.  I guess maybe we are a bit adventuresome....and that, for us, pays off in a big way. It is beautiful here in Browning....