Wednesday June 9, Libby to Eureka, MT

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Jim woke up about 5:30 Montana time so just in time for the pinkness of a beautiful sunrise.  We had peanut butter sandwiches and fruit for breakfast. It was about 50 and cloudy and felt cool as we left.  We had a new experience for us.  From the edge of town we went almost 13 miles on one road all the way to its end without seeing any vehicles except for the sag vehicle for another bicyclist as we approached its end.

We turned off to see the Libby dam. One large problem: it has a long access road which went down a big hill. So we ended up with extra miles and an extra mile-long hill climb added to our day. The dam was huge, 422 feet tall, and backs up a 90 mile lake that reaches into Canada.  So Lake Koocanusa was the influence on us during today's ride.  We saw a bunch of ducks swimming below the dam which we think were common mergansers, and a number of both adult and juvenile bald eagles.  We were lucky to get within about 20 ft of one of the juvenile bald eagles.  Then we faced that big mile uphill to leave that area and we got red in the face doing it.  Shortly after this it started to rain-- oh no, another day of rain.  

We had beautiful vistas of the backwater of the dam and all the mountains surrounding it as we rode on.  We saw Montana's longest and tallest bridge crossing the backwater farther upstream and  some more ospreys.   We were planning on camping tonight but with getting wet today and both of us being tired,  got a motel instead. 

   Softies!  


Comments

  1. Bill and PennyJune 9, 2022 at 11:03 AM

    Praying for a cool, rain-free day for you to come! Enjoy the motel stay, you've earned it! Not softies at all!

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  2. Laura HJune 9, 2022 at 8:52 PM

    Hope today was restful, seems like a long day based on the title😄

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