Day: 128
Date: Wednesday, 11 September 2024
Start: Hwy 12 (but staying in Helena MT
Finish: Hwy 12 (but staying in Helena MT
Daily Kilometres: 0.0
GPX Track: Click here and here for Julie’s Strava & Photos from her run this morning and later walk.
Total Kilometres: 3724.9
Weather: Cold early then mild and partly sunny with a thunderstorm and some heavy rain in the evening.
Accommodation: Motel
Nutrition:
Breakfast: Huevos Rancheros, toast & jam/Breakfast burrito
Lunch: Mexicali subs
Dinner: Pizza, icecream
Aches: Nothing reported
Highlight: Nothing in particular
Lowlight: Nothing in particular
Pictures: No pictures today
Map and Position: Click here for Google Map
Journal:
Julie went for a run before breakfast which we had at a nearby cafe. The morning was then devoted to shopping. After Helena, we have two more resupply stops, both in very small towns - Augusta and East Glacier Park - before we reach the Canadian border and the finish of our hike in just under three weeks. Given the small towns have very limited resupply options, we decided to mail ahead our food to post offices at both places. This meant buying food for 15-17 days today and the nearest supermarket was 1.5km away while Walmart was 3km away.
We divided the shopping list and Julie went to Walmart while Dave went to the supermarket with both of us carrying large loads back to our motel.
In the afternoon, we sorted out all the food and mailed off two food packages from the post office which was conveniently next door to our motel (unlike the supermarkets!).
Helena seems a very pleasant small town and we did get to see a bit of it as we walked around. A nice pedestrian mall in downtown and attractive wooden houses in the suburbs nearby.
We had other chores and planning to do today at this, our last major stop, so it turned out to be quite a busy day. Some of the planning related to mapping a way around yet another wildfire trail closure about 80km ahead. It looks like we will be doing some more road walking.
Other planning related to getting from the Canadian border back to Australia and we think we now have that sorted.
Poor Julie got caught in torrential rain and hail while running her last errand for the day (cancelling her phone plan). Later we got takeout for dinner then packed for a moderately early departure back to the trail tomorrow morning.
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