The Lincoln Hotel is a 2 story log building on the National Historic Register. It has recent new owners, a family, all very friendly and quite helpful although the hotel is still under construction. I also spent time at the Lincoln library branch.
In the morning, we were concerned about closed roads due to flooding, so one of our proprietors suggested a route from Highway 200 to interstate 15, a road that was beautiful in it’s expansive grandeur, ‘a little hilly, but worth it,’ he said. So we started our approach to Rogers Pass, 17 miles away, and at 5610 feet the highest point we will reach on this trip. After crossing the Continental Divide at Rogers Pass we descended until we came to our detour. The road was indeed a beautiful ride, but the 18 mile detour was spent in first gear quite a bit of the way, it was very hilly from a bicyclists point of view. Once we reached the interstate we discovered a beautiful road that is the old US 91, the highway from Helena to Great Falls. We continued on that highway which follows the Missouri river until stopping for dinner and the night in Cascade Montana. We are both tired, 80 miles today, Great Falls tomorrow.
Greg