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Friday 6th August 2004

Big Hole Pass - the topFrom Dillon, Sacajawea Motel to Jackson Hot Springs Lodge Camping Area. Headed up over the two passes to get to Jacskson, the bigger pass was called 'Big Hole Pass' - where the Big Hole River rises I guess. Guy saw a badger. The roads were beautifully quiet and the scenery improved as we got higher - the grasslands giving place to woodland. There was an excellent downhill into the Big Hole Valley - we reached 41mph. Jackson has hot springs, so we camped at the Hot Springs Lodge and went for a dip - it's not very romantic because the pool is a concrete swimming pool and there are heaps of people there. It was hot - too hot to swim for very long. Not as hot, or as delightful a setting, as Saratoga. And the camping is a little expensive at 20 dollars. Bought some Bitterroot Brewery beers and drank them before preceding to Rose's Cafe and Cantina (cheaper than the Hot Springs Lodge - and seems better value). Delicious Burritos stuffed with beans - vegetarian food. The tune in my head today was an aria from Peter Grimes - Ellen singing about 'We hoped to make a new start'. Guy had a song about a ship with eight sails from Weill. Very literary today... There was a happy family reunion going on at the Lodge - though this place seems at the end of the earth.

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