Yesterday we had a chapter meeting in Dean Montana. When I saw this on our ride cards I had to look up where Dean was. It is not on the map. I did the next best thing and asked if anyone knew where Dean Montana was. Found out that it is between Fishtail and Nye on Highway 419. Highway 419 is a tiny gray road on the map and depending on which one you look at Fishtail is not listed.
We had to be at the dealership by 10:00 am, we left Hardin a little after 8:00 am. This gave us time to wander through the dealership, look at stuff and visit.
We had quite a group going to Dean, at least 20 bikes and 30 people. Our route took us on the back roads, went through Laurel then on to Park City and Columbus. A nice day for a ride.
There was a snake on the highway between Park City and Columbus that was alive, Gary ran over it and killed it I hope, we could see that it was coiled and ready to strike. Think it was run over by the bike in front of us, we just made sure. I asked Gary if the snake flew up in the air and landed in the lap of the biker behind us. It didn't. That happened on the first year we went to Jackson, Gary ran over a rabbit and it flipped in the air and almost hit our friend Marty who was behind us.
We arrived in Dean around noon time. All that is in Dean is a bar and a couple houses. The people in the bar were ready for us, had a special limited menu for us and they had some musicians performing. Our choices on the menu were a buffalo cheeseburger, biscuits and gravy or a BLT. Gary and I shared a buffalo burger. It was pretty good. Our table was the first one served so we got our food pretty fast.
After we ate, we went outside and had a short meeting. Gary won a hat as a ride prize which was good because he forgot to pack his when we left the house. He will keep this one in the bike.
Right after the meeting we left for home. It was nice and cool in the mountains but as we got closer to Billings it sure got hot. We stopped at the dealership so that Gary could make an appointment to get the bike scheduled for it's 10,000 mile service on Saturday.
It was a very nice day and I would like to take a drive back someday and go all the way to Nye. I was told that there is a campground called Woodbine at the end of the road which is pretty. You take a little hike and there is a beautiful waterfall up there.
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You've been there before. To the campground, I mean. That's the one where Mary got lost way back when you kids were little and we went camping there with the Doziers. Don't remember going by Dean at that time, but Gma and I went there one time when he had cinnamon rolls at Fishtail. Gma has eaten at Dean, but I haven't. Think she and Gpa must have gone there with the Fendts and Griffins on one of their many trips.
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