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Monday 9th August 2004

a bike that did the 1976 transAmFrom Missoula, Super Seven Motel, to Lolo Hot Springs. About 40 miles, but most of them uphill. The Adventure Cycling HeadQuarters is wonderful - we had a tour and got to see various transAm memorabilia. This included the first bike to do the transAm - a tandem - and a bike ridden in the 1976 transAm (pictured), plus heaps of photos. We also got ice-creams and got to see where our maps came from. Seems remarkable that they came from there to the UK then I brought them back and there were destined to go all the way to the Pacific and then back to the UK. Missoula has nice eateries, so we splurged out on vegetarian Burritos and enjoyed being in a town with lots of cyclists and a bike shop or three. We didn't get away from Missoula until mid afternoon, then we hurried along to Lolo, where we turned up the road for the Lolo Pass, after slogging a thousand or two feet up the pass we came to Lolo Hot Springs, which was just too tempting to pass by. We camped ($16) and went straight into the Hot Springs - which are delicious - there's a hot pool (too hot for Steve,just right for Guy) and a tepid pool (just right for Steve), so we spent a while swimming and being heated like a lobster.

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