Day Three:

Tuesday, June 29, 2004

Fort Peck Dam to Flowing Wells Rest Area (59 miles).  The group woke up at 5:00 am and were on the road by 8:00 am.  The road took the group through beautiful country - badlands and high prarie broken up by shallow canyons.  There is little to no water out here,  The road is also probably one of the least travelled roads in the country.  As cars passed, Todd counted - and the end count for the day was a whopping 11.  The locals in Nashua had told us not to go to Nelson Creek, but to stay at the rest stop at Flowing Wells (an ironic name for this part of the country), but when Leigh got to the rest area, she saw a big sign that said "No Camping".  A quick call to the Montana Dept. of Transportation solved that problem.  The group cut an hour off their ride time from the previous day - they are really getting the hang of it.
 

The only shade in the big dry
Leaving Fort Peck Lake in the distance we headed for Flowing Wells which is sorta odd because we didn't see much in the way of water.
Josh, Tyler and Drew doing their daily journal entries.
You sleep when you stop moving long enough...Tyler dreaming about trees.	Hydrate or die!
	Local Floura

Yea, we got permission.

 

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