Sorry for being so delinquent.  The ride presses on so I will do some back tracking.  We made it to Malta today.  92 miles which started out fast and cool our average speed 14 to 15 miles per hour.  We rode along the Milk River on Highway 2.  The freight trains running by us throughout the day.  At 32 mile into the ride I jumped into the sag so I could take a bump up the road 20 miles.  I was happy to do so as there was new chip seal being put down on the road.  The Sag dropped us off on a quite ten mile road which paralleled Hwy2.  The day was heating up fast by 11a.m. it was over 90 and we were wetting ourselves down.