Back on the Road
Written by admin on September 23, 2008 – 10:16 pm -Today is Thursday, September 11th (remember 9/11/2001)and I left Gillman at about 8:00, headed towards Choteau. The temperature this morning was 27 degrees, but as the sun comes up, it gets warmer. There was even ice on the windshield of the pickup. I warmed up the camper and got the coffee going and decided to wait till it warmed up a bit before I started riding. I’m riding soldier, today and the main issues he has is that when he sees other horses, he wants to go to them. He is constantly “calling” to see if any horses answer. The crew went on ahead and is to pickup some more feed for the horses, do laundry, and fill the propane bottles. Just before lunch, a couple from Belgium stopped and chatted. I’m still riding Hwy 287 and it either starts or ends at Choteau. I’ll then take Hwy 89 on from there. I traveled 27 miles and about 9 hours. As I entered Choteau, a cowboy came out of his house and greeted me. We discussed the trails in the mountains and I asked him about the Continental Divide Trail, segment. He wasn’t very familiar with it, but he said that he and his family do a lot of clearing of the trails in the mountains and some are in pretty good shape, although none are actually marked. He spends a lot of his time riding in the mountains and taking other people there, also. I rode on through town, taking the back streets and found the camp at the Choteau recreational park.
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