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July 28, 1999

The next day was another very hot one (nearby Great Falls was at 102 degrees) and I had a long ride (about 75 miles) from Wolf Creek to Choteau (which I finally learned to pronounce correctly as "show toe"). The road today was the "Tween Highway" – in between the Rocky Mountains to the west and the Great Plains to the east. It was a lot of up and down, but no major mountains to climb. I did encounter one near-miracle - a concrete lined stream of water flowing under the road near one of the hilltops. At the point where it reached the road, it widened to a 12’ diameter basin and "whirlpooled" around until it could escape beneath the road. It was an ideal place to soak my feet in the cold water. I first thought this was spring water, but later encountered a canal at an even higher elevation, so I suspect this was an irrigation outlet from the canal.