Montana Builds

After our recent long stretch of rides, we've had build days in Whitefish and Libby, MT. As much as we love the cycling, the build days are the meat of the trip. We were originally drawn to the trip because of the strong affordable housing elements, so the builds are a good reminder of why we're here and what we're working towards.

In Whitefish, we worked with Habitat on a triplex building which will house three families. While some crews put up scaffolding or set concrete forms, the three of us were tasked with nailing wooden siding onto the house. Starting with a blank slate, we had a lot of fun working quickly and diligently, seeing more than half of that wall completed before the end of the day.

In Libby, we did a lot of exterior painting. Most of the volunteers in the area are part of an RV travel program, so they hadn't had any volunteers under 70 work on the house we painted. They were glad to have us working on the hard-to-reach areas.