Coast2Coast Day 19: Wisdom to Dillon, MT; over a couple of passes and down to the Beaverhead River

Today’s departure from Wisdom involved coffee and ice cream breakfast at the Hook and Horn is Wisdom.  We continued down through the Big Hole River Valley, “Home to 10,000 Haystacks.”  Melissa and I stopped at Shephard’s Garage in Jackson, for a ‘nature break.’  (It seemed to be the only place open at the time.)

Darren passed us on his way to Dillon to attempt to find a couple of parts for the van.  Cathy met us near the summit of the second pass, giving us the opportunity to refresh our hydration and grab a bit of salty snacks.

Each of the passes had wickedly good downhills after the climbs.  We did stop for a few picks of the gates/fences, and the ‘hay slides,’ which seem to be peculiar to the Bing Hole Valley.

One in Dillon, and after showers, we visited the Beaverhead Brewing Company for some brewskis and viewing the first period of the Avs v Lightning Stanley Cup (Game 5).  Met a couple, who recently moved to Dillon, and her mother, from Anchorage.  Sarah and Ben, and Sarah’s mother Susan.  Later met Chris, part of a group that gathers weekly at the Beaverhead for ‘gossip.’  The group brings their snacks to go along with the local brews.

We moved on to Sharkey’s Garage for dinner, and continued viewing of the hockey match.  We did bring home some Key Lime pie for later.

All-in-all a marvelous day on our bikes, along with continued nursing of the van back to health!