Through Idaho, into Montana

A pretty big day, miles wise. Four hundred right on the nose. Not bad for a 61 year old on an 800 cc bike. The taller windscreen and the custom built seat did their part to make it happen. 

The first couple of hundred miles, still on US 12 were spectacular. Beautiful scenery, low traffic, and sweeping curves along the Clearwater River. Comfortably cool which helped with the 90+ temps in Montana after lunch (Taqueria del Sol in Missoula, sadly not operated by an earnest Mexican family, but by white boys with a skateboarder theme. Still, better than the school cafeteria Thai I had in Lewiston). 

Lolo Pass into Montana and Priest Pass west of Helena were splendid. 

This looks a bit gloomy and West-of-the-Cascades-like. But it was a very nice sunny day, offset by the smoke that I rode through for 20 miles or so. 

Clearwater River, Idaho 

And lest you think it will be all purty pitchers, there's this from my stopping place tonight, Three Forks, MT.