We took a very late shuttle out of Augusta at 2 pm and arrived back at the trail around a hour later to start Hiking towards Lincoln, MT.

We reached a nice hilltop on that day in a burned area where we were able to set up camp without the risk of dead trees falling on our tents. That day the weather played along but the rest of the trip to Lincoln we had plenty of rain and thunderstorms along the way.

Yesterday we got caught in a big thunderstorm on the top of an 8000 ft high ridge and opted to walk into some lower trees to wait it out. It kept hailing and thundering for quite a while, but we made it out fine if a little cold. At least the storm cleared away the clouds that blocked the view beforehand.

The section was overall pretty exhausting due to the constant ups and downs.

We camped about 8 miles out before the highway today and reached the highway at around 11 am and hitched into Lincoln where we are booked into a historic hotel build entirely of wood.

Our next stop will be Helena in about 70 miles and we plan to head out tomorrow morning to start that journey. We will do a rest day in Helena to resupply and send packages forward to towns without proper grocery options.