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Saturday 7th August 2004
From
Jackson Hot Springs Lodge Camping Area to Darby, Wilderness Motel Camping
Ground - 72 miles. A significant headwind greeted us as we took to the road!
We headed straight into Rose's cantina for a breakfast to fortify us. The
cantina has excellent food and comes complete with cycling magazines. This
seems like heaven. Eventually headed off to Wisdom - Steve led us into Wisdom,
Guy led us away from it - how appropriate! Then to Big Hole National Historic
Battlefield - a sobering bit of history in which the Nez Perce Indians were
hounded out of their homeland, and effectively interned on a small piece
of land after centuries of roaming the plains. The battle doesn't figure
high in body count compared with, say, Verdun (cycled there last year) but
it is a touching piece of history - especially today when lots of descendants
had turned up for the annual commemoration. Some people were in tears as
the events of the 1870s were retold. Some dumb biker (motorbiker) was complaining
that the Canadian flag was flying with the American flag - there were Canadian
guests there I think. What kind of nationalism is so brittle? Then on over
the pass to get into the Bitterroot Valley - downhill to Darby, where we
ate and were directed to the Wilderness Motel Campsite. 16 dollars - not
too bad for a tourist area. Also had a percolator in a common area that
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