Fri. 8-16 a beautiful winding climb along the Clearwater and Lochsa rivers. Mountains on both sides. Lewis and Clark sites everywhere. Not much has happened here since then. Crossed Lolo Pass into Montana, and stopped at a Lolo Creek, a Natl Forest Campground. Fine wooded site, no electricity or water, so quiet and dark.
Sat. 8-17 Chilly morning. Drove into town of Lolo to scout out a church and do some grocery shopping. Otherwise, relaxed in the woods and read. No phone signal so no internet. e-books from the St. Pete Beach Library aren't accessible unless the app is kept open continuously. Stayed chilly all day, and light rain fell at midday. First rain in a long while.
Sunday 8-18. 42 degrees in the morning. Broke camp and drove down to Lolo for Mass at a little mission church. Nearly everyone came over to meet us and find out our story. I don't think they get many visitors. After church drove N to Missoula in search of breakfast. Found a poor one. Drove S along Bitterroot Valley with high craggy mtns to our west, some with bits of snow still. Climbed to Chief Joseph Pass at 8700'. All the way from Portland to that point, we'd been on the route we cycled in 2013 on our way across the country. We turned back down into Idaho and descended for a few miles to a good campground on the N. Fork of the Salmon River. Afternoon temp near 80. Did laundry, and then I put the canoe in the river. Made some progress upstream, but it is shallow, rocky and fast here, so didn't get far. Was good to get it in the water, though.
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