Day 8: Missoula to Bozeman, MT

Bozeman is another western valley town - small college, strip malls, rolling terrain in the valley with surrounding mountains - Yellowstone high country to the south, Bridger Bowl ridge to the north.

One climb over a small pass, then a descent into the Madison River and along the River through a narrow rocky valley and then out into the flats and rollers with side and head winds.

Of Bozeman's 30,000 residents, approximately 29,000 were tubing on the river. I believe that most were drinking beer in preparation for sharing the roads with us.

When we go to the beach, everyone seems to help each other with applying sunscreen. I wonder that cyclists don't help each other with chamois cream.

101 miles, 16.1 MPH, av heart rate 97.