Our friends Bob and Nancy invited us to join them on a bike ride along the trails on Blacktail Mountain. We agreed, but then realized we haven’t been on our bikes in almost a year! They’ve been sitting quietly in the storage room, mostly because we don’t want to take them out on the highway in front of the house. As it turned out, mine had two flat tires (ugh), and both of them needed a bit of tuning. We got everything sorted and headed out on the trail.
It was a bit chilly, cloudy, and windy when we started, but as we made our way up the trail we all warmed up nicely. “Always start your hike (or ride) cool”, the saying goes. By the time we’d covered maybe ten miles, the clouds were breaking up and it was a gorgeous spring day.
In the photo above, you can see the trail winding down the mountainside in the background. I was surprised there weren’t any other people on the trail, either biking or walking. But hey, no complaints. We enjoyed our ride and eventually stopped for a quick selfie with Bob and Nancy.
Another good day to enjoy the beauty of Montana! Hopefully we can use our bikes a bit more often this year…