July 29, 2014

July 29, 2014

From our Forest Service campground, it is only a few more miles to Lolo Pass on the Idaho/Montana border. There we stop at the Visitor Center and watch a short video on Lewis and Clark's journey along the Lolo Trail. We do a short hike around the meadow and then head down Lolo Creek. Lolo Creek is one of the few breaks in the steep Bitterroot Mountains making it the natural location for an Indian Trail crossing the Continental Divide connecting east and west. Lewis and Clark were lucky the Shoshone gave them horses and pointed out the trail.

In the Bitterroot River valley below, we skirt Missoula, MT, turning left and catching Interstate 90 back across the Bitterroots Mountains. In Idaho we stop in Osburn and stay at a private park. We finally have Internet and cell phone service again.