I am staying an extra night in Great Falls, to avoid the mass exodus of traffic. I did laundry, and the went to the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center/Museum. A worker there told me about the CM Russell Musuem a few miles away, so I headed over there as well. Russell was a famous artist from the area; museum was very cool. Had lunch at the Montana Club, which looks like a large log cabin with a casino (every place has a casino around here!). There are still qui...

Headed to the rally site at 0900 hours and decided to go to the seminar, "Women Who Ride". Lots of women there, and a few men. Lori was there too. We met up with her husband, John, afterwards and decided to do the Falls loop around Great Falls. Steve Cox joined up too. It was another gorgeous day. We ran into a little more road construction and some gravel but nothing that we couldn't handle. Saw all the falls and dams in the area, then headed back to the ra...

Hung around at rally site until I ran into some people I knew from the Cleveland area.ROger Pivonka was in a seminar. I asked if he wanted to go on the 2pm trolley tour into Great Falls - ended up being 4 of us, me, Roger, Kent, and Ron. There were other rally folks on the trolley too. We hit a few local pubs where we all tried some local craft beer. Fun time! Great Falls is a great town. Malmstrom Air Force Base is located here, and I got a few discounts on ...

First full day of the rally! Was up super early. Went down for breakfast at 0700. Rode to rally site at 0900 am. Karen Cox saw me in the parking lot. Hang around with her and her husband all day at rally site. Bought a long-sleeve shirt, vented and UV protection. We went to the beer hall and had a few beers while a quick storm rolled in. My foot was killing me from walking around so much (on-site shuttle not running), Rode back to the hotel around 430pm to...

Another great, beautiful day of riding, coupled with very high winds. Didn't see too many bikers on the road, although there were some heading east (?). Pretty uneventful day just riding to get to my destination in Great Falls, Montana and the rally! Rough patch of road construction, just like Alaska, pilot truck, mud, muck and gravel! Arrived around 1300 hours and tried to find the rally location, but I had the wrong address, so I headed to the hotel to check-i...