Day 9 - Darby to Stevensville, MT - 37 miles

This is where those longer days of riding we did earlier paid off... We were able to sleep in a little, visit a hand made hat shop and a couple of other places in town, stop for a coffee / tea before heading to Stevensville to visit Judy, a friend Trudy has known since grade school, and her husband Mark.

The ladies had a great time catching up and I enjoyed getting to know Judy while we waited for Mark to get home from work. 

He was running a little late, so we had the best showers of our lives, then met him at a local brewery, where we had the best beer we've ever had!

Judy has a small business baking cookies, scones, lemon bars, and other yummy things that she sells at a local farmers market.

After sleeping in a real bed for the first time in 8 nights, she treated us to some fantastic scones at breakfast in the morning.

We had a really nice stay and hope we'll get to spend more time with Judy and Mark in the future.