Had a very long driving day yesterday, took highway 200 across Montana, and it is was all day drive of desolation, lots of hills, bluffs, sage, grass and scrubland. A few mailboxes, in clumps of 2 or 3 , so there must be houses and people somewhere. There were times (most of the time) when we couldn't get a radio station. (didn't bother to try the cell phone.) We were trusting the Lord to keep us safe and to keep everything on the car running, there was seldom a shoulder to pull over on. Not much traffic on the road. There was one rest stop all day. It wouldn't be a good place to have a flat tire. Not a campground to be had, so we had no choice but to keep driving. The area we were in is the area many dinosaur remains were found, most tyransaurus (SP?) remains that are on display around the world were found in the area we were driving through. There was a dinosaur and fossil museum in Glendive, but it is closed on S We saw one place to get gas, and made sure we filled up. Noma, our GPS showed the nearest gas stations after that to be 65 miles to our right or left. The nearest one east of us was over 100 miles away. I couldn't help but wonder if they close that highway completely in the winter. It is even more desolate and less populated than eastern WA. We drove for 13 hours yesterday and were really glad when we came to Glendive MT, which is where we connected with I 94. We camped in a motel parking lot for the night. were about 60 miles from Medora.
Before heading out this morning, we found a car/truck wash and washed the car and Firefly. They were full of grasshopper parts and other bug splat. Found a grocery store for supplies, waited for a very long train and finally headed for Medora. The closer we got, the prettier the country got. Beautiful buttes of all different colors and rolling grassy hills. We are staying at Medora Campground, right by the entrance to Teddy Roosevelt National Park. Once we got settled at our campsite, we spent our afternoon walking around Medora, did a bit of shopping. After 2 solid days of driving, it felt good to be walking around instead of riding in the car. Button was glad for a break as well. Lost count of the number of comments we had on Firefly since we've been here. Several people poked there head for a look see. Button doesn't even bother to bark at people who stop by to talk to us, guess he figures it's a waste of his energy. He was happy to get out for a walk.
Caught up on our laundry tonight. Tomorrow we will go and explore the park. Haven't decided if we will stay and additional night after that or not. It's really nice to have some down time.
Happy anniversary
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