July 5th we leave Billings and have a short ride of 55 miles to Hardin. Since it's an easy day we didn't start until 7:30 and finished before noon. There's a lot of open land out here and for miles there wasn't even a cow. I think I saw only one tree along the way. We're very fortunate to have comfortable weather for riding. Two years ago the temperatures were much hotter. We have a great dinner tonight catered by Beyond Basil. They also catered our dinner in Billings. This is the best food of the whole Big Ride. Today's our last night in Montana as we head to Sheridan, WY tomorrow.
Here's some Montana trivia I read. Montana has more cows than people. 3 to 1 From Yaak, MT in the NW corner to Alzada in the SE corner, there are 774 miles, farther than Atlanta to Chicago. The state tree is the ponderosa pine and the state animal is the grizzly. Montana is the fourth largest state with 147000 sq miles but the country's sixth least populated state.
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