"We had our rest day in Missoula. The first order of business
was to go to the adventure cycling headquarters and get our pictures taken.
They said thousands of cyclists come through every year. We asked them lot of
questions about touring and they gave us a nice map of Montana.For lunch we explored downtown Missoula on foot. We ended up going to a bike
co op called free cycles. We just happened to get there to see a tour of the
shop and a demo on bike mechanics. He had us all pick up bike wheels and check
them for trueness.We need to give some special thanks to two great families we met on our
trip. The first one was way back in hermisten. While getting water at a rest
stop a guy named john tucker invited us to stay at his house after learning we
were cycling across the country. He was a more gracious host than we could have
ever asked for. He madevus barbeque. We did laundry. He showed us quilts his
wife made. His niece, joy, taught David the proper way to pronounce Oregon. We
got them some root beer floats to thank them for their hospitality.We have another family to thank. For the last two nights in Missoula we
stayed with Kennedy's relatives." -- Jacob, Trip LeaderFollow the trip
