This is for all of you that has been there for me, who have given me the courage to go on with this project and for those of you who have checked in on this website and are wondering where I am and what has been going on. It's not easy to get a project off the ground when there are those that think you may fail or that don't think your serious about what your trying to accomplish. It hasn't been exactly easy but through it all and through some very harsh comments there are people like you who read this and are believing in this project. The places that I ride through are giving me insight to myself along with the people I am meeting. Take for instance Clyde Park Montana, not the most likely of places for people to go to, not too much happens in Clyde Park, but as I sat in the Clyde Park Tavern waiting to try their famous fried green beans which the waitress said were just wonderful, I listened to the banter going on between the locals and how they were excited about the fishing season, asking how the kids are, what is happening at the ranch etc... I felt rather content to just listen and not ask question. The people of this town are happy to talk about why they are in Clyde Park but without saying a word as to why I was there or what I was doing from just sitting in the tavern I received more information as to their lives than if I would of asked them.
The fried green beans turned out to be interesting, something if you go through Clyde Park you will have to try, the waitress was beaming ear to ear as she asked me if I liked them, and I did. As I left I looked across the street to see what must have been a man of at least 90 and his son mowing the lawn and as I caught his eye he gave a big smile and waved as I rode out and headed west. That wave and smile meant more than anything else that day, it is the smallest of gestures that in any language or anyplace that I ride to are what mean the most to me. It's simple and heartwarming.
Photos from the road:
Trying out the fried green beans at the Clyde Park Tavern, MT
The crow and I trying to figure out my GoPro.
Nice tourist photo at Continental Divide Pass, Wyoming
4 feet of snow at the Continental Divide Pass
Photos of Talulah
Outside the cabin at Chico Hot Springs, MT
