July 3 Day 33 Circle, MT 68 miles 5:59

I neglected to mention a few days ago that Dave went off into the bushes at one stop along the highway. He came dancing out quick alertly a few moments later. He had just met a healthy-looking rattlesnake.

More up-and-down terrain. In the twenty miles after our lunch stop, I counted 29 ridgecrests crossed. Some headwind besides.

We stopped at the McCone County Museaum at the edge of Circle. They have an amazing quantity of items of everyday use from pioneer days through WWII. There's a wall of beer bottles with labels from over the years. Lots of military equipment (Back in Jordan, there's a memorial to the sons and daughters of Garfield County, 400 of them out of a small population, who have served). There is a wall devoted to the Montana Sheepherders' Hall of Fame (I am not making this up!). To my surprise, many of the names were of women. The most interesting exhibit for me was a sheepherder's wagon. The enclosed wagon was big enough for a small bed, a cabinet under the bed for staples and supplies, a little woodburning stove to cook on. That was home to many a shepherd, year-round.