Day 3- Tuesday 7/15

Hit up a gorgous run in Butte along the Copper Way bike trail. 11 mile run (5.5 each way) and turned around before the trail was finished. One catch: It was all downhill on the way out, and up hill on the way back. Literally all of it.

We stopped for coffee in Missoula downtown. Still think this is an awesome place. Next up was US Hwy 12- an alternative to 90, it was as scenic as I'd hoped; totally worth it, but slow going. Not the road itself was the slowest, but rather you'd get stuck behind semis going significantly slower, so it took a bit longer than planned. Lunch at Lolo's pass (only 5300 ft?!) and onto Clarkston for a homemade huckleberry shake. Kate prefer's more veggies, so she passed, but it was amazing.

     Camping was again, short of where we had hoped to get to, at a small (very small) state park in Eastern Washington: Lewis and Clark state park. No trails, only basically a campground on a small creek that was likely the only running water for miles. Not a great place, but it got the job done. Also had an amazing dinner of Quinoa, left over Kielbasa, and a bunch of veggies in a tomato sauce. Not nearly as aw-inspiring, but Eastern Washington was definitely interesting to see. Very remote and dry.

Vitals:
Miles Driven: 411
New Birds Species: Northern Flicker, Common Raven, White Pelican, Violet Green Swallow, Golden Eagle, Magpie, Great Blue Heron, Osprey, Veery, Catbird, Down WP, Common Night Hawk, Am. Kestrel, Canada Goose
License Plates: NV