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Wutheringbikes Home -- TransAm Bike Ride
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Monday 9th August 2004
From
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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