5 Hours Around Town

The power company said our area had a Microburst at ten last night. A significant storm blew in and the power was out until some point mid-morning. The Microburst knocked down a bunch of power poles in the area. I was starting to get worried about the elk in the freezer! I decided to take my wife's camera since it was a mellow Missoula cycling spin and I think photos tell the story. Missoula is a green as I've ever seen it at the moment. The first stop was for a cup-o-joe, venti bold and a cranberry beagle. Then, rode up the Snake to catch the start of Bill's ride. I got there at ten after eight and they were already off. So I headed back out and through Greenough park (top shot bridge) which is like a jungle at the moment with the Rattlesnake running high and everything being lush.

I forgot my saddle bag, so rather than head up the Blackfoot, I tooled around town. I rode over throughout Spurgin and Clements and took some shots of the lambs and was laughing quite a bit at the robins that were acting like they were wounded when I rode by to distract me away from the nests. I then went out Big Flat towards the shooting range. There must have been a running event going on this weekend as there was a rest stop set up for the many runners I passed in the area. Missoula has a lot of fit people. I then turned around and went back to Blue Mountain and along HWY 93 and then up Miller Creek. This is the weekend of the Memorial Day field trial at the retriever club so I stopped by there for a moment. This year the water is not as flooded (yet - will be soon though) and then rode around Linda Vista area and so on... Back in time for the big soccer game.