Scouting ahead on The Trail

Tomorrow I’ll take another bite out of The Montana Trail miles. Lee and I went out yesterday and drove the trail route with the 4-runner, doing some recon. We found my last place on the trail and scoped out the terrain ahead and decided on a plan where we could car camp, thus lightening up the load on my e-bike. With my wrist feeling much better I decided to e-bike again in order to cover more miles than I can if I hike it. I have lowered my goal of miles per day from 50 to 30 and I’ll carry a small backpack/hydro pack. These adjustments make sense in this rugged terrain with lots of elevation changes. Camping gear and other supplies will be in the car with Lee. He’ll meet up with me at the end of the day with a cold beer. Thats good motivation for me! We’ll try this adjustment for two days, and if it works well I should get 60 more miles off the trail under my belt. The rest of this section will probably take another 3 day trip to finish in Ft Peck, the finish of this section and the start of the second kayak section. This portion of the trail has a bunch of little reservoirs so I don’t have to carry as much weight in water because my Sawyer water filter will do well here.Read more