Weather Warriors Whisked to Baker

Wibaux to Baker – 46 miles
Average Speed – 14 mph

Imagine a cluster of dome-shaped, striated rock forms that suddenly appear on the featureless landscape. Insert into the space above. This is the photo that we missed because we refused to stop on our 35+mph descent from one of the hills that we labored up. This particular cluster seemed almost out of place here, but the fog shrouded much of the countryside, so who really knows what we would have seen had the skies been clear and free of pea soup.

Starting out this morning

Nothing in any of the forecasts that we had seen called for fog, not even patchy fog. We put on the flashers and hoped that we could be seen from behind. Montana 7 was a great road for traveling. Traffic is light and the road surface is good.

Don’t know how much of this type of scenery was hidden by the fog

Oil fields near Baker

Tonight is our last night in Montana – unless it snows tomorrow.

In our 1200 miles of travel, we have encountered only six touring cyclists, two of which were a couple and traveling together. Those starting a transcontinental from the east would not likely be in these parts so soon. We expect to see more cyclists once we reach Minnesota and Wisconsin.