Things about driving to Montana from the Seattle area.

* it took us 14 hours.
* my husband drove the whole time, bless his heart.
* we went through two drenching thunder storms.
* we passed through the skinny top part of Idaho; we saw no potatoes but ate lunch in an old mountain silver mining town. We polished it off with a huckleberry milkshake and it made everything in my little world "ok".
* Montana has the prettiest skies I've ever seen. I wanted to take pictures about ten different times but no one would appreciate a beautiful sky through a filthy and bug encrusted windshield. So I remember the skies with just my mind's images.
* Montana has casinos connected to what seems like each and every gas station and sports bar.
* we saw a bald eagle while driving, thus ratcheting up our tally on this adventure to three.
* 14 hours in a car is a bit much for me.
* finally finding my iPod car radio transmitter {thanks Mark!} and being able to listen to podcasts made the ride much more palatable than before.

I love our beautiful country and I love my dear husband for taking us so intrepidly {two thunderstorms with lot of rain!! Hydroplaning!!} across its vast expanse.
As for tomorrow; Minnesota {and all the wonderful people there!} here we come!