Day #56-Madison CG to Cameron, MT 75 miles

We exited Yellowstone today and crossed into Montana, state #8.  The weather took a dramatic change away from the unseasonably warm daytime weather to which we’d become accustomed. We stopped in West Yellowstone to have breakfast and dig out our cold weather clothes.
The picture is of the Bitterroots. They have a new coat of snow.  We got a coating of snow too, but, mainly we got rained on. We caught up with another traveler, Finley, stopped along the highway and rode with him for the rest of today.  He’s a retired school teacher from Arkansas riding the third of three segments which will complete the trail.  The tailwind and downhill route combined with interesting conversation made the miles pass.

We stopped for lunch at the Earthquake Lake Visitor's Center.  Although they sell food and drinks there, they don’t allow any eating or drinking in the building, so we ate in the bathroom!
We saw several TransAm racers during the day, including one guy, Andrew, at a rest stop along the highway.  We found out he’s from Fort Wayne!  He’s been at this since June 2nd.
We’re staying at a cabin in Cameron.  Finley is sharing the cost with us.  Tomorrow’s weather promises to be chilly and possibly wet.  We climb 2000’ to a pass tomorrow.  That may keep us warm!
So far:
56 days
2958 miles
~53 miles/day
2 days with no riding