No WI FI in the wilderness. I am doing a draft that I will copy to the blog if and when we ever get back to civilization. Today was interesting. We left Salt Lake City about 8:30 AM and hit the road for Bigfork, Montana. For a while we ran parallel to the Great Salt Lake that is one more large body of water. We had a beautiful day for our journey the sky was blue, man I want to say azure blue but that would be so pretentious. What the hell, the sky was an azure blue that particular shade which only happens in the great American west. I feel better already, just reading it back aloud I know the author hasn’t a clue. I love it.
Leaving Utah we crossed into Idaho, almost immediately the terrain got much greener. There is a lot of agriculture and unlike Utah; you do not see evidence of widespread irrigation machinery. Every place we have stopped in Utah, Idaho and Montana we have found the people to be unfailingly polite and friendly. Another noticeable characteristic is cleanliness. Quick stop market, service stations and rest areas are all spotless and their bathrooms are likewise. The use of please, thank you and you are welcome are common and no one seems reluctant or resentful when you ask a question. There also a hell of a lot of blondes. If I had one piece of advice for this part of our country it would be this; secede now.
We drove through Idaho and Southwestern Montana, throughout the drive Jeannie kept repeating gorgeous just gorgeous. She is right the scenery takes one’s breath away. There was a stretch of road lined with blue spruce trees all were eight feet high and for more than twenty miles we felt as if we were driving through a giant Christmas tree lane. From central Montana Northward the area grew increasingly mountainous, and below the tree line it is very heavily forested. It seems there is a mountain lake around every corner and rushing mountain streams along side all of the roadways.
After nine days and 4,097 miles we finally reached our destination. We arrived around 6:30 PM. Our lodging is a one bedroom log cabin. We have a refrigerator, microwave and gas BBQ grill. According to Jeannie the most important thing though is outside the cabin. A porch swing, and in the year a fire pit for wieners and marshmallows. I quickly looked around and verified there was a nice pile of chopped wood. It is not that I am lazy, okay I am lazy but I am also not the very best person with an ax.
No internet access for a few days. We are sitting in a coffee shop in Kalispell, Montana, they have wireless, I am going to try and send this and some pictures. Hope are well, we will be back on line when we are back on the road until then, see ya!
Leaving Utah we crossed into Idaho, almost immediately the terrain got much greener. There is a lot of agriculture and unlike Utah; you do not see evidence of widespread irrigation machinery. Every place we have stopped in Utah, Idaho and Montana we have found the people to be unfailingly polite and friendly. Another noticeable characteristic is cleanliness. Quick stop market, service stations and rest areas are all spotless and their bathrooms are likewise. The use of please, thank you and you are welcome are common and no one seems reluctant or resentful when you ask a question. There also a hell of a lot of blondes. If I had one piece of advice for this part of our country it would be this; secede now.
We drove through Idaho and Southwestern Montana, throughout the drive Jeannie kept repeating gorgeous just gorgeous. She is right the scenery takes one’s breath away. There was a stretch of road lined with blue spruce trees all were eight feet high and for more than twenty miles we felt as if we were driving through a giant Christmas tree lane. From central Montana Northward the area grew increasingly mountainous, and below the tree line it is very heavily forested. It seems there is a mountain lake around every corner and rushing mountain streams along side all of the roadways.
After nine days and 4,097 miles we finally reached our destination. We arrived around 6:30 PM. Our lodging is a one bedroom log cabin. We have a refrigerator, microwave and gas BBQ grill. According to Jeannie the most important thing though is outside the cabin. A porch swing, and in the year a fire pit for wieners and marshmallows. I quickly looked around and verified there was a nice pile of chopped wood. It is not that I am lazy, okay I am lazy but I am also not the very best person with an ax.
No internet access for a few days. We are sitting in a coffee shop in Kalispell, Montana, they have wireless, I am going to try and send this and some pictures. Hope are well, we will be back on line when we are back on the road until then, see ya!
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