well the days and numbers got all messed up...

its Sunday June 17th, fathers day.
Happy Fathers Day!
wake up was at 5:30 on the day we left Missoula for Phillipsburg. the ride to Phillipsburg was incredible,

its so cool that we get to see the country at such a slow pace,

we get to see everything. it was 80 miles to P-burg where we stayed at Granite high school. I pumped out 100 push ups before showering because i am trying to catch up with the push america challenge where we do a push up and sit up for every mile we ride. right now i am about 200 behind.

once clean and fresh Jake, Karl and i walked over to the old fashioned soda shop for a milkshakes. at about 6 we left for dinner, which turned out to be the Granite County rib cook off. the Rotary club of Phillipsburg sponsored out tickets for the all you can eat feast. every type of pork you can imagine cooked in homemade BBQ sauces, it was hands down the best meal we have eaten this trip. after dinner we we back to the high school and played a few games of bump on the basketball court with the guys before heading to bed. we were allowed to sleep in an hour, so wake up was at 6:30. the ride to Butte was 80 miles with a 3 mile climb at an 8% grade to summit a pass that had no name...

but it passed right by Georgetown Lake.

shortly after i took this picture it started to snow. so we tried to make it down the hill quickly to avoid anything dangerous. we spent most of the day on Montana state route 1, getting on to I-90 for the last 15 miles. tonight we are staying at the YMCA here in butte which is great because we were allowed to use the hot tub. we got to head to our friendship visit at around 5, if was freezing cold but still tons of fun, i spent most of the time with Denise,

just hanging out and talking, i learned about her life growing up in Butte.
after the friendship visit we returned to the YMCA and just relaxed. hit the hot tub for a little bit, then got ready for bed early because tomorrow we have 105 miles to ride and 3 passes to summit.