4 degrees further north, 6.5 degrees further west. 511 miles for today's total.Today was the long slog across Montana. I had hopes that we'd be in Canada today, but the drive has taken longer than expected. We started the morning in Gillette, WY which is experiencing a huge energy boom; result: expensive hotels and lots and lots of people. All of which, so far as I can tell, were trying to use the same toaster this morning, at the same time.
We finally started traveling after 10am, after I finished messing around with online stuff (uploading photos to facebook, catching up with this blog, etc) while Mom repacked the cooler. We grabbed groceries in Sheridan, WY with which we'd make lunch, and then headed over to Montana. There were no rest-stops until a good long while into WY.
Lunch was on picnic benches in an old town that belonged to the town's historical society. Tasty sandwiches on croissants. mmm. Also, hallelujah, we saw our first rain today.
Deeper into Montana, just before sunset, we witnessed some fantastic cloud formations. There was a storm passing over us that had mammatus clouds roiling out the bottom. We were hoping to see some tornadic activity, but had to settle for a strong wind and cold raindrops.
Cold? yep. Ah, it's SO nice to be chilly; it's been so long. I threw on some jeans, and then we took scildy-zillion photos of the sunset and double-rainbows associated with the storm. This portion of the storm passed by like some gigantic silent pink/gray beast. Impressive.
I was still hoping to make it into Canada today, but we had to settle for Conrad, MT. I'm bushed. I've already heard a train go by (oops) so I'm hoping all the training I've done in Flagstaff will pay off. G'night.
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