Sore Butts

[July 16]
This morning we thought we’d get up early and go white water rafting. Unfortunately it was raining when we went to get up. We hemmed and hawed about whether we should go but decided to skip rafting. After a long run of great weather, the rain man finally caught up with us.

We listened to the Park Ranger’s suggestion and went to a the KOA outside the park for showers, for a service fee ;) It was a great campground, like all KOAs.

Once we got all ready to go, we punched in new destination in the GPS… home! Hello Highway 2… Oh Highway 2, the bane of our existence for the next umpteen hours… The route is flat, barren, straight… The towns are far and few between. Each time we got near ½ tank we got gas, just to be safe. Turns out that is a good idea we got from Grandpa, thanks!

Funny story, our GPS updates us for *every* turn we need to make and any intersection it feels isn’t 100% clear. As we were going through a town it said, “turn left on Main Street, drive straight for 324 miles on Main St.” Yikes, 324 miles on a 2-lane highway without a turn or anything notable! It became the running joke. We like Main Streets ;)

In Chester, MT we saw some old cars along the side of the road for sale. We stopped and looked at the cars. The owner came out to talk to us and showed us his favorite, his sweet Red 1942 Ford Super Deluxe Coupe… Oh, what a sweet car! A mere $25k and it could be ours! It seemed like fate. Its Red, Terry’s favorite color, it’s a ’42, Terry’s favorite number, a Ford, Terry’s favorite brand, and a coupe that’d look awesome pulling the teardrop. Plus get gets 20 MPG! More than we’re getting pulling the trailer ;) We passed on the car, maybe we’ll build one ourselves. Anyone know of one in need of restoration? Or maybe a kit? Or does anyone got $25k they’d like to donate to a good cause?

Further down the road we got stuck on Montana’s only hill for ~100 miles behind truck painting lines on the road going 5mph… What are the odds?

Today’s tagline? Sore butts! Our goal, get the heck out of Montana.

Success, we've made it to Dickinson North Dakota.