Great Falls to Havre via Fort Benton

Easy ride on Sunday to Fort Benton, about 42 miles NE of Great Falls.  Tons of mosquitos.  Really bitten up.

Staying at the Grand Union, Montana’s oldest 
operating hotel.  Room overlooks the Missouri river.

Odometer indicates 1000 miles ridden since beginning this trip .

Fort Benton has a thing about this dog.

Rode 75 miles  through more mosquitos and other annoying insects to Havre.
Met 3 other older cyclists at the Super 8 here.  They are also riding Portland OR to Portland ME, and are taking the Adventure Cycling (ACA) route which veers south near Wolf Creek .

Much of ND is in the grips of a fracking oil/gas boom.  This means that there are no hotel rooms within about 100 mile radius of Williston ND.  To avoid this problem, I will be taking the train tomorrow from Havre to LaCrosse WI.  This bypasses the Williston problem, and also will enable me to see some friends in Madison, and then spend 4th of July with my cousins in Glen Arbor, MI.