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STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY JIM PETERSEN
WISDOM
Riding and Life Lessons on a Big Scenic Loop
When Don Scott , my neighbor and riding buddy , mentioned he wanted to go on a long ride — nothing but blue highways , maybe across Canada , a loop through the Rockies — I reached for the road atlas . Tucked away on the western edge of Montana was a town called Wisdom . It seemed a noble and appropriate destination .
I sketched out a route . Nothing complicated . I don ’ t believe in GPS or anything that requires putting on bifocals at speed . We would leave Evanston the day after Labor Day , go to the Mississippi River and turn right . At Duluth , hang a left . A day later , turn right . Cross into Canada to Winnipeg . Turn left . Follow the Yellow Head Trail until we ran into the Canadian Rockies , take another left . Eventually , we ’ d come to the town of Wisdom .