Day 40- Montana people

Today was a long hot day with a great ending. I woke up by the waterfall and began hiking through waist high grass covered in dew. This was tolerable but I must have walked through or got stung by some plant because my knees and shins began to burn. It was not a good sensation and really frustrated me. I climbed over the Purcell summit and continued to walk along the dry ridges of western Montana. I then climbed around Webb mountain and the long trail down to the kootenai river. Once I got to the river I had to road walk over the bridge and on towards my last town stop of eureka. If I didn't mention it before, Montana is on mountain time zone so I had to push my own internal clock back an hour. I walked and then met a nice guy Dave who told me to stay at his place a ways outside of town. It was hard to hear and I didn't pick up the entire conversation so when I got to his place I was surprised by the number of people. It was a good ole Montana Sunday get together. Apparently every Sunday during the good weather anywhere from 20-50 people get together outside of eureka and hang out. It was great. There was a table of food, people of all ages, and some music. I was even convinced to get in there and play some volleyball. I even got a shower in and am camped under the full moon. Tomorrow I will get my town stuff done and move on the the last 130 miles!