July 3, 2015
HELENA, MT Helena is a nice town. Our hotel is walking distance to the pedestrian mall. Speaking of walking, I did a lot of it. Even when off trail I am putting lots of miles on my legs. My search for lithium batteries has been mostly fruitless. I walked all over town to find the only 2 packages of lithium AAA batteries in the state of Montana. I need them to keep my SPOT tracking device working. I don’t know how many miles I walked looking for stuff, but it was too much. The hardware store that had them hidden…