Day 46 - Repair day

Day 46 – Wednesday: July 31, 2013, miles ridden today: 304.0

Woke up and began the packing ritual, the fellow in the next Tee-Pee is from Ventura, CA. Again, what a small world! He and his sister from Alberta are vacationing in the area and he kept apologizing for his sisters coughing through the nigh. Maybe he doesn’t like her smoking?

Anyway, off to Downtown Anaconda for:

• Fuel. Done.
• Barge Cement to affect some kind of repair to my left boot where the rubber sole is separating from the leather upper. Found it at ACE Hardware.
• Breakfast at Donavan’s. Blueberry Pancakes and Coffee today. Just OK… 

Took a quick picture of the remaining Smelt Plant Smoke Stack; this is the plant Gary W’. (Pat’s father) father worked at before he died in ’35. Gary W. left Wisdom, MT. in ’44 when his mother move him and his four siblings to ID to find work. The Anaconda Mine halted production in 1983 and now exists only as an environmental liability for BP, the current owner of ARCO.

Stopped in Missoula, MT to repair the burnt out headlamp. Another parking lot repair to the motorcycle. Used Gorilla Tape again to hold the bulb it in place due to the broken plastic clevis that holds the retention device to hold bulb in the socket. Previous repair survived the Dalton, I succeeded again, it’s in place. Had lunch at McD’s to do another blog update on their free Wi-Fi.

Missoula County Court House

Driving north from Missoula I could now see the landscape that escaped me due to weather back in June. It could pass for California, the brown & dry grass scattered with bits of green trees. Turning onto MT-200 West it paralleled the Flathead River, pretty sites along the way. I stopped in Trout Creek, MT for a snack and a fellow named Larry Wannabe who asked about my trip. He’s a Harley rider, been to Deadhorse himself and gave me some routing tips from Sandpoint, ID for tomorrow’s journey.

Looks like California

Riding along the Flathead River

Wildlife, Herd of Mountain Goats

So, I made it to Sandpoint, ID, found a campsite at the Bonner County Fairgrounds. Its practically brand-new, nice facilities and Dennis the Host told me to setup under the pavilion just incase it rains…

 

My Campsite, nice & dry

Since I had such a great day I decided to go into town for Dinner at Jalapeño’s Mexican Restaurant again (Day 6 Chris & I ate lunch there). I splurged!

Back at camp I got onto the Wi-Fi but it wouldn’t allow head and me to update my Blog, so I’ll turn in to Starbucks in the morning. Glued my Boot Sole to the Leather Upper, used one of the picnic tables as a weight and let it cure through the night. Hope it works...

Goodnight,