Chinese couple arrives via bicycles for a visit to Chinook

 

July 19, 2017

Steve Edwards

Heather Wang, left, and Qidi He prepare to get back on their bikes and continue their journey from Seattle to New York City. The couple stopped in Chinook at the suggestion of Steve and Sherry Edwards' friends in Arlington, Washington. The Chinese couple had spent the night in Havre and would spend the next night in Malta.

Reporter's note: Readers would have to be totally oblivious to their surroundings on Highway 2 this time of year not to notice a number of people on bicycles loaded with camping and travel gear. Most are heading east along a route that takes riders through this part of the upper Midwest-often called the "northern tier route." It's not unusual, in these summer months, to see a couple of cyclists eating ice cream outside a local shop, buying groceries or other items at the store or quick stop and often camping-at Harlem by City Hall or in Chinook at the water plant by the Milk River.

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