Category: Montana

My biggest day yet, though not the hardest. The route’s really been flattening out lately, and today I didn’t have to fight too much wind.

Nothing much to report today. I woke up feeling very groggy and extremely drained, so I decided to rest another day. I blame it on you. I was up late until one or two trying to take care of the blog and website so that you can stay informed on my life (that’s kind of weird).

I took the day off to rest here. Two CDT hikers, Lint and Dirtmonger, are zeroing here as well. Though we never met, Lint actually started his first long-distance hike on the AT only five days before I started my hike back in 2004! Then, in 2006, we both found ourselves hiking the PCT! Small world.

Yet again, the landscapes today were amazing. Nothing but me, a dirt road, sagebrush, and a few animals as far as I could see. I’m surprised to find that I like this type of landscape the most so far.

Thanks, Russ. Now I have ‘John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt’ stuck in my head. Last night at dinner, the topic of ‘earworms’ came up.

As I rode along some of the best trout water in the country today, I couldn’t help but wish that, perhaps, I had chosen to go on a fishing trip instead of a unicycling trip.

Wow, I just realized I forgot to get my ‘free’ coffee from the KOA campground office this morning. What’s wrong with me?

“What is this idiot [me] doing riding down the interstate on a unicycle?”

I took my time waking up this morning, enjoying the warmth of my sleeping bag. Had it been raining this morning, I would have just laid there till it stopped. I would have waited all day if I had to.