We left Lochsa Lodge this morning and after 13 miles of climbing, the last 3 steep, we made it to the summit of Lolo pass. We met Dean and Brenda there, said our goodbyes, and began our descent towards Missoula. It was really great seeing those guys but it’s unlikely we will see anyone from home again before we return.
The descent was pretty cold, in the 30’s. Last night a de-icer truck passed us, but luckily we didn’t have issues with icy condittions.
In Missoula we stopped at Adventure Cycle. They were quite friendly; greeted us, took our pictures, gave us ice cream, gave us a map of Missoula with points of interest. 
We are staying at the Hutchinson hostel tonight, our roommates are about the same age as our children.
As we were planning this trip over the last few months we developed and used a lot of different check lists; the first aid list, the tool kit list, the pack in Panniers list. Checklists, checklists, we need checklists!