More Montana (Aug 20)

I broke camp from the side of the road early and hit the road about 6:30. I was reasonably discrete pitching my tent the night before but I find it hard to believe anyone would care where I camped: there are literally square miles of open fields out here without a house in sight.

I hit Shelby in an hour or so and had a big breakfast with lots of coffee. Temps were on the low 50's to start, but I'm sure that later in the day they hit the low 90's. It's hard to tell because there always seems to be a breeze. After eating I left Shelby headed for Havre. I wish I could say that I was surrounded by no hills, but that isn't quite the case. It might look flat from a distance but you run into a lot of long, annoying 2-4 percent grades. The wind was pretty much steady in my face the whole day at 5 to 10 mph and a little stronger than that the last couple of hours.