Bozeman, MT

Hello! It is after midnight here in Bozeman, MT....we just checked in to the Best Western Gran Tree and as you can see, we have free internet. The cats are happy to be out of their cage and I'm happy to be out of the car. :)

It was a pretty good day, we left Redmond around 11:15 this morning....ended up doing about 12 hours of driving. We stopped frequently for potty breaks and to just walk around. I don't know why it is but I absolutely love rest areas. I love seeing all of the different people there and wonder where they are headed to, things like that. Which by the way, most of them have wi-fi....so high tech. Well, I should say that I love most rest areas. The clean ones in particular. There was only one that we stopped at in the middle of no where that wasn't really clean and I wouldn't want to be there alone at night but all in all, two thumbs up on the rest areas.

We're having a good time considering all that is going on. We've got a list of all the state license plates that we've seen, list of road kill (gross I know), live animals (7 deer so far)....something else I can't think of right now.

It's funny, the gas prices go down the further east we get. Funny how that works.

Oh, we saw a very funny sign along the road earlier today around Missoula (I think)...it was for the "Testicle Festival" and it had a cartoon drawing of a bull with his legs crossed and his hands over his um, well his stuff. I got a chuckle out of that one.

There was a really cool little espresso stand/gift shop/pizza place/gas station/convenience store all in one....lots of cool little things in the gift shop but there is absolutely no extra room in the car for me to be buying anything.

There was one minor incident....a semi truck cut in front of us and then swerved back into the right lane and when he did, he kicked up a rock and it cracked the windshield on the passenger side which is where I was at the time....I ducked of course. ha ha. The crack is probably smaller than a dime and is down near where the windshield wiper rests. Oh-well, if that is the worst thing that happens along the way than I am grateful.

The kitties are doing pretty well. Sydney voiced her anger at the situation for an hour or so and then they both curled up together and looked cute. We tried to get them to at least drink some water but they weren't interested. They're currently wandering all over our hotel room and finally drinking and eating some dry food.

It was very hard to say goodbye to Harley today. :(

Kari called us and let us know that her, John & Little K stopped by our place to check on Harley and that he was hiding under the comforter in our bed when they got there. He loves to snuggle up in there. Kari said he's doing good and that makes me feel better. Thanks, Kari! Oh and by the way, Kari, there's a casino in this hotel but it's not a 'real' casino like we went to. ha ha

Well it's time for me to go to bed. Tomorrow's destination is Sioux Falls, SD....hopefully the hotel we get there has free internet service as well.

Goodnight!
M.