From May Creek went up and over Chief Joseph Pass. The Bitterroots are so pretty with majestic snow capped craggy granite peaks in the near distance, lodge pole pines in abundance and clear mountain streams and rivers alongside the road. Just over the pass we saw Lost Trail Ski Area. Note to self, we have to come back here in the winter and ski this hidden gem. After that we had the longest, sweetest downhill in the history of the world on silky smooth, champagne concrete, pothole free mountain road for about 16 miles. Then it was pretty flat all the way into Hamilton. Stopped in Sula for a cuppa Joe and a snack. Chatted it up with Michelle, a solo TransAmer from Maine. She is a surgeon taking four months for herself on this amazing journey. Sula is tiny and cute with a charming General Store and is all about fly fishing tourism. Their claim to fame is that this was an important stop for Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery. Pedaled into another very cute town, Darby. I reminded myself that if my son Sawyer was a girl we were going to name her Darby, LOL. Had a nice leisurely, hearty lunch of veggie burger for me and a meatball hoagie for Bill.
Pulled into Hamilton and arrived at the home of our Warmshowers hosts Regine and Mike. Regine is a charming and loquacious native German that is a real bike touring enthusiast. She bikes everywhere and has done Northern Tier, TransAm (solo), and Pacific Coast from Canada to Mexico. Mike is a retired Army lawyer that served for 32 years. As you can imagine we had a lot to talk about. They served an outstanding dinner with dessert for us. So nice! A beet and chickpea salad with fresh greens from their garden, fresh baked “no knead” bread, purple cauliflower salad with tahini and walnuts, falafel patties and for dessert homemade strawberry and rhubarb cobbler (again, home grown) with homemade lemon ice cream. WOW, delicious. It sure is nice to be in the west again where hummus, arugula, chickpeas, tahini, etc. are part of the vocabulary.
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