Day 24 – Glasgow, MT to Malta, MT

 Miles 72

Total Miles 1,279

 

I FINISHED IT!! My cross continent goal has been finished.  Basically in three separate trips and 4,248 +/- a few  miles I have gone from Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.  I do have to say that Malta, Montana is an unlikely place to have this cross-continent ride come to an end in.

 

Just a little note on yesterday’s mention about how towns were named along here.  The railroad had them named by Stop #. So Glasgow was stop #45, so a person that worked for the railroad named them by spinning the globe and stopping it with the finger.

 

Today’s ride was nice.  I tried not to rush it and enjoy.  It was along Highway 2 all day, so I did have traffic noise to deal with.  I got up at 6:00  so that I could get an early start due to the heat that was supposed to come today.  The high was forecast at 95 and it was supposed to be there by noon.  There weren’t any things to stop and see on the way and very little in the form of towns that had snacks for sale, etc., so I just rode and stopped for a few brakes.  I was finished riding at 12:30 and Brandon hadn’t left Glasgow yet, so just went into DQ and got an iced drink and enjoyed the air conditioning.  It did make it to 95 by noon, so it was nice to have a place inside.

Getting closer!!

Malta is just around the corner.

 

Brandon came about an hour later and I just took a shower in the RV. We had our celebratory lunch together at DQ (there was not much else around) and then we took off toward home.  We made it to this great little town of Lewistown.  It looked like a great place to visit later.

 

Overall thoughts of the trip. I am glad we started in the Olympic National Park.  That place was beautiful to see and some great riding.  It was great to have a riding companion for part of the trip.  It would have been very lonely to ride all that by myself and it was a great chance to get to know Tim better.  It has been a great blessing and opportunity for me to have Brandon along.  He did a great job of driving, setting up and tearing down camp, but most of all, just getting to know him better and spend that time with him (and Dolly). Montana passed Glacier is rather a boring place to ride. 😊 It seems with an RV, you do not meet as many people as we normally do when we ride self-contained. That is a bit of a drawback, but camping with the RV and riding a little lighter is sure nice. I am happy that I went all the way across.  Even though there was places that were more beautiful, I was able to meet the people and get a feel for areas all across America. We are blessed to be able to live here.

 

I am grateful for Carey, my sweetheart for always allowing me and encouraging me to go.  Even when I am out there, she won’t let me quit until I have finished. I talk with her nearly every day and she just encourages me on. I am grateful for all the good people in the world.  By all means, there are many more good people that not.  Grateful to our Father in Heaven that created this beautiful place for us to live and gave us the chance to be here.  Until next time….