Mosby, MT to Winnett, MT- Day 38- 27.67 mi.

Notice the short mileage today...the wind defeated us. It totally demoralized both of us. We had planned to try to make it to a small town called Grass Range today, about 55 miles from the Hill Ranch Oasis Bed and Breakfast. Speaking of which, we enjoyed an excellent breakfast with interesting conversation with the Hills this morning. We packed up and were on our way by 7:30...early start...no wind...right? Wrong!! The wind had already picked up straight out of the northwest at about 20-25 mph, our direction of travel for the entire day. We noticed right off that we were making a whopping 5 mph average in the first hour and the wind was picking up even more. The closest refuge from the wind is this town, Winnett, MT. We pushed our way for 5 hours against the wind. It seemed like we were getting nowhere, just like Lewis and Clark mentioned when they hit those windy days. We finally arrived at Winnett, biked to the Kozy Korner Cafe hungry and tired. After a relatively short discussion, we decided to stay here for the night and not try to move on another 24 miles. We checked out the city park, but it didn't look too conducive to camping. We read about an inexpensive bed and breakfast in the area and we inquired, but it was 12 miles back to the east where we had just biked. Neither of us felt like biking back half the distance we struggled through this morning, so we checked out the only motel in town. It was open, looked pretty inviting, and the price was right. We secured the room for the night. I am writing this blog from the town library which also serves as the school library for the K-12, 100 pupil school. It is a very nice community library for a town with a population of only 158...Leesburg, take notice...small towns can have a library! Later I visited the Trading Post and Ice Cream Shop, run by the 5th and 6th grade teacher here. We had a nice chat and I had a delicious Raspberry Moose Tracks shake. SpokeWrench went for the more traditional (and boring) chocolate shake. Too bad Lewis and Clark didn't have that shop when they passed through. We will soon be passing by where the Judith River joins the Missouri and that brings us to....
The Seventh Grade Question:
How did the Judith River get its name?

-ClarkWheel