Lookout! Tunnel ahead.....

This post is a little delayed but that's how life goes......

5 weekends ago Mulv and I escaped the "city life" and headed to northwest Montuckey for some much needed R&R.

We went to Missoula on Friday evening and stayed at Blossoms Bed and Breakfast. The room was awesome, the house beautiful and Blossom made a world class breakfast in the morning. We then cruised around Missoula for the morning and then hit the road to our major destination.

We rented a fire tower for Saturday night and spent the evening enjoying the views, watching the sunset and then were impressed my the stars which were as clear as I have ever seen them.
We took our time waking up on Saturday, packed up the car and headed another hour northwest to the border of Montana and Idaho.

We unpacked our bikes at the bottom of the Hiawatha Line bike trail. This ride is an awesome leisure ride with killer views. We climbed the fifteen miles to the top and then turned around and flew back down. The ride is an old railroad bed that was a mountain pass for about 75 years before being abandoned. There are several 250 ft bridges and 8 major tunnels; the longest of which is 1.6 miles long. Headlights are required as well as being comfortable imitating a gopher.

After our ride we jumped back in the car and cruised to missoula at full speed to stuff our faces with Sushi. Missoula has two killer sushi bars and I think we will be back.

In other news.....

Work is as fast and furious as ever.

I have been putting in some serious time on the cyclocross bike and for some reason the sport is really harsh on my ankles. They are bloody after every ride. I am totally addicted to the sport and the bike is the best bike purchase I have ever made. Not long till I pull the trigger on a road bike.....

Mulv and I attended the wedding of two of our friends from grad school (1/4 of our grad school class is marrying each other). We had a blast and I managed to party too hard and yell too much. I was a little queasy the next day.

Saw some of my old mates at the cyclocross race in Orono. Great to see Mike and Matt doing well.

More to come when I have something interesting to report........