Day 7-Great Falls to Simms-33.94 miles

We purposely chose a shorter route today, although there wasn't much choice. Because of the locations of the campgrounds, we either had a short day or a very long one. Since neither of us are feeling 100%, we opted for the shorter route. The road was fairly flat with a quartering tailwind, so it wasn't too taxing. We stopped in Fort Shaw for lunch. We then biked the remaining 11 miles to Simms. Our maps told us that Simms had a campground. When we arrived, we found that the campground was really a service area with a few gravelly spots for RVs to park. There were no restrooms, except in the campstore and no showers. We had little choice at this point, so we spent the night here and made do with what we had. Sort of survival camping...

-clarkwheel

Student question: We have been following a river today that the Native Americans called the Medicine River. What is the present-day name of this river?