Day 43: Eureka, Montana to Butts Cabin, British Columbia 65 miles; 7,270 ft of elevation gain: Strava Map Our last morning in the United States was spent with Jillian and Chris Seng, our Warmshowers hosts in Eureka, MT. We sipped coffee from Jillian's beautiful handmade mugs, and I finally had my pop-tarts hot from a toaster for the first time on tour (and probably in the last 2 decades). We took some photos together, and I had hoped that our paths would cross again–– maybe we could host them...

Full disclosure. This section was THE BEST section of the entire Great Divide MTB tour. In part because of the beauty and endless flowing water but also in large part because we met so many amazing, generous humans along this stretch. Nearly every single day from Butte to Eureka was graced with kindness and generosity, and I am so touched by these experiences. Day 36: Butte to Helena, MT 81 miles; 6,463 ft of elevation gain: Strava map Our rest day, a true rest day where we did next to...

Day 29: Raspberry Creek to Togwotee Lodge, WY 49 miles; 4,058 ft of elevation gain: Strava map We woke up in our peaceful creek side camp without any urgency, sleeping until after 8 AM. Since we were ending the day at another campsite (the plan was Turpin campground) instead of racing to a town, there was no reason to rush. After filtering fresh water from Raspberry Creek, we rolled out around 10 AM. Uri and I got a head start on Casey this morning while she hung around camp a little longer....