Great Divide Day 2: Friday, July 1, 2016

Beautiful weather.

Crawled out of the tent around 7:30 a.m. Anna was up and ready for breakfast. Cooked oatmeal and coffee on the camp stove. Our fellow bikers had packed and hit the trail without a sound. Traveling early morning in Grizzly areas is not advised, but the trail calls. We started the day with a mile downhill. Beautiful mountain vistas. Another 16 miles of gravel got us to the tiny village of Polebridge, MT by noon. The Polebridge General Store makes fantastic pastries. People were lined up to purchase. We stayed at a hostel in Polebridge. Had a nice clean up in the river and did a little writing and relaxing. Met a foursome thru-hiking the Pacific North Trail. Had a nice visit. All had hiked the AT and CDT. The hostel a Polebridge was absolutely charming. It was run by Oliver, a 60s generation guy. The whole community is off-grid. Anna and I listened to a two-piece band: guy on guitar/banjo accompanied by a guy playing a one-string wash tub. Anna's friends, Sam and Pete, drove up for the evening.