Originally Posted by
indyfabz
Funny you should mention that. I have done a good amount of bike touring in Montana and don't recall ever seeing a snake. Bears, elk, deer, moose, foxes, pronghorns, sandhill cranes, loons, pelicans, a giant jackrabbit, a ptarmigan, marmots, countless osprey, bald eagles and even a badger, but never a snake.
what is funny is that while i did lots of hiking, camping, canoeing i known snake territory, I never encountered a rattler my self, I saw them after other people discovered them..... to this day I am sure if I find one I will fly like
cyccommute
If your touring took you on Hi Way 2 across Northern Montana you likely went through my home town of Chinook, home of the Sugarbeeters