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| St. Maries ID area |
The ride started this clear morning about 9 am with cool temperatures and a bit of a wind. Leaving Worley we rode to ID3 at Plummer and proceeded west through the St. Maries area. We have ridden this road once before and once more enjoyed the curves and the scenery. It warmed up as the morning progressed as we picked up I90 to Missoula. The MT interstates have a 80 mph speed limit - a little too fast for our comfort. We did see one vehicle pulled over, presumably for speeding. Is it really necessary to go faster than 80 mph?
In our travels today we did manage to find the "wickedest city in America": Taft, MT. Of course the mining areas in the ID mountain are famous in the Kootenays (especially Wallace). Especially when Doug was a teenager. Norma did not seem to know anything about this area when asked the first time through a couple of years ago. . .
Being an American long weekend the traffic on the highways wasn't as bad as we had expected. We did stop in a few smaller towns looking for a lunch stop and discovered where everyone was. Every gas station and café was full to capacity. Being such a nice day lots of people were out and about or making their way home pulling their varied camping apparatus. We finally settled for a deli sandwich and a seat on a park bench watching the traffic go by.
The reason we are stopped in Missoula is to visit the BMW dealer tomorrow morning to get the ignition lockout deactivated so we can put that stupid electronic fob away once and for all. Can't wait!
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