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After watching "The Revenant" the night before it seemed appropriate to head for the River Bottoms after an early winter storm, a rather
small weather event actually. Dropped some rain and snow, much more snow
100 miles to the north, still like to get out and be on the trails with
the mountain bikes.
The banks rise sharply over the river in places, I can imagine what it must have been for the explorers 200 years ago when they crest a rise and get a view like this and not knowing what lies across... The river was the highway for early explorers, both for the floating and keeping track of their direction. The challenges were when it came time to cross the river or the backwaters that could be treacherous with bogs and Grizzly Bears roaming the swamps.
No Grizzlies within 700 miles of this adventure... Ha!
Not so with this story from early October... Grizzly Bear attack in Montana check out this link... http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-montana-grizzly-bear-attacks-man-twice-20161004-story.html
From the recent high waters in the river valley there is evidence of the power that the waters have.
Good day on the bikes... Ride On!!
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