Part 2 Sandpoint, Idaho to Cut Bank, Montana

552 miles
1,095 miles total

Impressions:
-It was so cold the morning of Sandpoint, Idaho, we had to pour hot water on our hands to warm them up, while breaking down camp
- Rain, rain, and more rain, camped in East Hope, Idaho, soaking wet and freezing
- Hot drinks every morning to warm us up, before starting the day
- Crossed into Montana, June 11th
- Saw my 2nd Black Bear, it crossed the road right in front of Mike, near Noxon, MT
- Camp at Cabinet Gorge, Mt., it rained so hard, we hung out in the laundry room and set up camp right before dark, 4 other bikers arrived and stayed in a cabin
- Saw a moose, grazing in Bull Lake, MT.
- Sun came out, there is a sun
- Biked along the Kootenai River, and stopped at the Libby Dam visiter center
- Biked the 45 miles along lake Koocanusa, almost no car traffic
- Stayed at Dickey Lake State Park, 6 other bikers were there too
- Welcome to Glacier National Park, West Glacier, and the snow covered mountains
- Biked up as far as we were allowed to on the Going-to-the-sun road in the park
- The 1st 16 miles up to Aalanche Lake were open to everyone, the next 7 miles was only open to hikers and bikers
- At mile 23, no one was allowed past this point until July 3rd, when they open up the summit road to Logan Pass, 12 avalanches over the road has slowed the opening this year
- No bikes allowed on the Going-to-the-sun road from 11am to 4pm
- We got kicked off the road by a ranger, the rule just went into effect the day before we got there, had to wait an hour on beautiful Lake McDonald, not a bad thing
- Went for a swim (dip) in Glacier feed Lake McDonald
- Camped at almost every campground in Glacier National Park, Avalanche Creek Campground, Sprague Creek Campground, Apgar Campground, Two Medicine Campground, and Rising Sun Campground
- Campgrounds in the Park have Hiker/Biker sites, which are $5 per person
- Hiked 4 miles to Avalanche Lake, a beautiful lake with mountains and waterfalls all around it's glacier blue water
- Since the Going-to-the-sun road was closed, we had to bike around the southern part of the park and climb 5,216' Marias Pass, which is the Continential Divide
- Long, windy road to campsite in incredible, Medicine Lake, our favorite campsite of the trip
- Another black bear crosses the road as we cycled to Two Medicine Camp
- A ranger told us of a hike to do, during our day off biking, the hike was called Scenic Point, and was the best hike I have ever done, just incredible beauty at it's summit of 7,500', tired legs too
- Saw 3 big horn sheep and mountain goats on the hike up Scenic Point
- The bike out of Two Medicine Camp to St. Mary on the East side of Glacier was very difficult, hills, wind, and heat
- Biked the Going-to-the-sun road from the east side, all the way to the avalanche, which was only a half mile from the summit of Logan Pass, at 6,600'
- Cycle north into Alberta, Canada, and camped in Cardston, and back into Montana the next day towards Cut Bank
-Decided to take a pass on Waterton Lakes Park, and start heading east
- Hit the 1,000 mile mark
- Going east, long, flat, windy, grasslands, for miles and miles
- Welcome to Cut Bank, Montana

Part 3 Cut Bank, Montana to Minot, North Dakota coming soon
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