(Keith, 32 miles) Nine Mile is a large, heavily forested area just west of Missoula. It is best know for the "historic" Nine Mile Ranger Station built by the CCC in the 1930's and still active today as a place the USFS holds its mules and pack horses. In fact some 300 mules and horses used by the Forest Service across the west winter at the station.
I started my ride at the Huson exit of I-90 and road up Nine Mile Road. About a mile into the ride I was stopped by this rafter of turkeys.
The day was glorious, mostly clear but with a little smoke in the air from the Northern CA fires. The terrain was beautiful and the ride went up and down modest hills. The only challenge was the surface as almost all of the ride was on hard packed gravel. It reminded me of the C&O Canal towpath we rode several years ago.
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