The science supporting climate change is just about as conclusive as science can get. Look at any climate advocacy website and you can find all the numbers, statistics, and models you could ever need to convince you that climate change is happening. Because there is so much overlap between the scientific community and the climate change activism community, and because there is so much evidence, “Just look at the data” has been the central message of the movement to stop climate change.

I woke up this morning to find our host Jeanne had prepared us a pancake breakfast, making her my favorite person of all time right then and there. Pancakes, sausages, and eggs all in portions as generous as last night’s dinner (i.e. very). Jeanne is yet another amazing and generous person we’ve met on this trip.

We woke in Choteau to the warmth of another generous host's house, which was especially pleasant after the bad-weather riding we all endured yesterday. Although, I think we might have slept a little too well because it seemed particularly difficult to get out of our sleeping bags this morning. We eventually managed to wake ourselves up, and had a very in depth discussion with our host, Eric Bergman, about ecosystems and how they are being impacted by climate change.