No kidding, a SNOW day - most of the day. Started with flurries along the Snake River and culminated with a driving storm - about 8 to 10 inches on the ground as we crossed mountains in Montana. If you've never been here, it is mountain after mountain and most of today's trip was either climbing or descending. Oh yes, there are passes, but these are not like the Lehigh gap. When a pass is found here, you are already at 6000 feet or so and you feel lucky to not have to ascend any further.
Once again Deb was blessed with most of the worst of conditions and when it wasn't snowing, there was construction - and sometimes all of it at the same time. We cracked up at one point when we saw two guys that had pulled off the road and were having a snowball fight.
When you view the pics from today, keep in mind that this is not some set of photos that we saved from last winter!
The Big Rig continues to perform very nicely, no small feat considering the conditions; however, we did check with Jeff tonight and he assures us that he can get a discount on duct tape if it is purchased by the case.
All the complaints about the weather aside, the beauty of it all continues to be just astounding and we were happy for all the views, even in the snow. I'm only sorry that the photos can't nearly do justice for all we are seeing.
You'll have another invitation to see the latest trip segment at the Kodak site, but we continue to have only enough time to get everything uploaded so please excuse the blurry shots, etc. as you see the views thru the South of Montana, thru Helena and on to Great Falls where we are spending the night at a KOA (again, thankfully with WiFi). Tomorrow we are off to Canada. You can also click here for photos.
Once again Deb was blessed with most of the worst of conditions and when it wasn't snowing, there was construction - and sometimes all of it at the same time. We cracked up at one point when we saw two guys that had pulled off the road and were having a snowball fight.
When you view the pics from today, keep in mind that this is not some set of photos that we saved from last winter!
The Big Rig continues to perform very nicely, no small feat considering the conditions; however, we did check with Jeff tonight and he assures us that he can get a discount on duct tape if it is purchased by the case.
All the complaints about the weather aside, the beauty of it all continues to be just astounding and we were happy for all the views, even in the snow. I'm only sorry that the photos can't nearly do justice for all we are seeing.
You'll have another invitation to see the latest trip segment at the Kodak site, but we continue to have only enough time to get everything uploaded so please excuse the blurry shots, etc. as you see the views thru the South of Montana, thru Helena and on to Great Falls where we are spending the night at a KOA (again, thankfully with WiFi). Tomorrow we are off to Canada. You can also click here for photos.
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3 comments:
the snowball fight sounds fun - I think I might have joined in!
did you happen to get a wifi signal detector? I was thinking it might come in handy when the campgrounds & cafe's are harder to find... at least in a small town or near homes you could probably find a signal to hop on for a bit - I'm pretty sure there's people stopping out front of my house from time to time using mine.
Just make sure Jeff orders MacGuyver brand duct tape - the only brand strong enough, and smart enough, to rescue you from any hazard or fix absolutely anything that's broken.
Maybe if you're not pleased with the photos you're getting along the way - you both could take a class or something before the next venture out. A few tips would probably help you create some images that you'd be more proud of/happy with. All in all they've been very cool though - giving a very good impression of what all you're seeing.
Thanks for the reminder to view other posts... hadn't thought of that.
Talk to you guys soon!!
was looking through your recent kodak photos - just curious what that oddly shaped device was on your dashboard --- looked like it had a usb cable... and a lot of vents. That's not your laptop is it??
Chris, the device you saw was the cooler for my laptop - it stays there as we travel rather than getting it out and putting it away all the time.
Keep in mind that the photos are being taken under difficult conditions...very few are taken as we are stopped.
Havin' a great time...something you have to do some day!
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