{"id":213,"date":"2024-06-16T22:35:23","date_gmt":"2024-06-17T04:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloggf.dannf.org\/?p=213"},"modified":"2024-09-03T11:48:31","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T17:48:31","slug":"missoula-mt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloggf.dannf.org\/index.php\/2024\/06\/16\/missoula-mt\/","title":{"rendered":"Missoula, MT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/bloggf.dannf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/PXL_20240614_145220672.MP_-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloggf.dannf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/PXL_20240614_145220672.MP_-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bloggf.dannf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/PXL_20240614_145220672.MP_-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bloggf.dannf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/PXL_20240614_145220672.MP_-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bloggf.dannf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/PXL_20240614_145220672.MP_-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bloggf.dannf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/PXL_20240614_145220672.MP_-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;Daily&#8221; photo, Friday morning before leaving Kooskia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We landed at Powell campground Friday night. We didn&#8217;t expect cell service up there &#8211; and campgrounds are first-come, so we devised a simple plan where Bob would go to the furthest campground first, then drive back until he found an open spot. He&#8217;d then tape one of our donation cards to the sign, and we&#8217;d use his old walkie-talkies to make contact.  Well, that didn&#8217;t work out. We both missed the last campground due to poor signage and had to turnaround. Our radios were on different channels, and I didn&#8217;t notice the card he taped up there. But it worked out &#8211; he got a spot at the first (furthest) campground and was easy to find. We&#8217;ll do it better next time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ride up there was awesome. Each bend of the river opened up an incredible view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/bloggf.dannf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/river1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloggf.dannf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/river1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bloggf.dannf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/river1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bloggf.dannf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/river1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bloggf.dannf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/river1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bloggf.dannf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/river1-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Clearwater River Rapids\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z3ZVLalSk_k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We already planned to stay in Missoula Sunday->Tuesday to wait out the storm (Winter Storm Warning in mid-June!), and some less severe weather was also forecast for Saturday, so we decided just to stay put for another night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"573\" data-id=\"217\" src=\"https:\/\/bloggf.dannf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/bobsam-1024x573.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloggf.dannf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/bobsam-1024x573.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bloggf.dannf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/bobsam-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bloggf.dannf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/bobsam-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bloggf.dannf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/bobsam-1536x859.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bloggf.dannf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/bobsam-2048x1146.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"216\" src=\"https:\/\/bloggf.dannf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/dannclearwater-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloggf.dannf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/dannclearwater-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bloggf.dannf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/dannclearwater-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bloggf.dannf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/dannclearwater-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bloggf.dannf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/dannclearwater-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bloggf.dannf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/dannclearwater-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We woke up to rain in the morning, giving Bob a chance to test out his shelter setup. After the rain turned into hail we determined it to be a success, and less bulky than an ez-up. But we do need to adjust a couple things in case of heavier rain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"473\" src=\"http:\/\/bloggf.dannf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/shelter-1024x473.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloggf.dannf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/shelter-1024x473.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bloggf.dannf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/shelter-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bloggf.dannf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/shelter-768x355.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bloggf.dannf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/shelter-1536x710.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bloggf.dannf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/shelter-2048x946.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We also sat down and planned out the next week of riding, which should put us in Bozeman next weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today was a fairly short climb to the top of Lolo Pass and the Idaho\/Montana border, followed by a mostly-downhill mile ride into Missoula. It was the shortest day so far, though pretty chilly. I accidentally left my new-for-this-trip cycling jacket at Chark&#8217;s place in Oregon (thanks for shipping it to Billings!), but I had sufficient layering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"strava-embed-placeholder\" data-embed-type=\"activity\" data-embed-id=\"11668787103\" data-style=\"standard\" data-from-embed=\"false\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/strava-embeds.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>Lots of animal spotting during the descent:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"horses \/ birds\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MQw95pB5nTk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/bloggf.dannf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/whitetails-1024x675.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloggf.dannf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/whitetails-1024x675.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bloggf.dannf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/whitetails-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bloggf.dannf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/whitetails-768x506.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bloggf.dannf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/whitetails-1536x1012.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bloggf.dannf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/whitetails-2048x1350.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The last 5 miles I suffered a mechanical &#8211; I think I may have stripped out my hub, if that&#8217;s a thing. If it had to happen, it couldn&#8217;t have happened at a better time\/place. Tomorrow is a rest day, and Missoula has several bike shops &#8211; including an Orbea dealer that can hopefully fix it under warranty. I just hope they can squeeze me in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We had dinner at a brewery in Missoula and I walked around and passed out our donation cards. Everyone was very cool &#8211; especially, I realized towards the end, that I was interrupting Father&#8217;s Day dinners. These folks were very cool, and shared a story about a friend of theirs with MS:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/bloggf.dannf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/PXL_20240616_225832772-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bloggf.dannf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/PXL_20240616_225832772-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bloggf.dannf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/PXL_20240616_225832772-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bloggf.dannf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/PXL_20240616_225832772-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bloggf.dannf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/PXL_20240616_225832772-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bloggf.dannf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/PXL_20240616_225832772-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve been fighting my introversion and doing more reach out &#8211; it&#8217;s also a great excuse to visit breweries \ud83d\ude42 Sadly MS fundraising this year has been down across the board. I&#8217;m hopeful things turnaround ahead of the Colorado ride (June 29). Please help by <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/bikemsdann\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/bikemsdann\">donating<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>fyi, more frequent pics\/short updates on <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/dannfbikes\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We landed at Powell campground Friday night. We didn&#8217;t expect cell service up there &#8211; and campgrounds are first-come, so we devised a simple plan where Bob would go to the furthest campground first, then drive back until he found an open spot. 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